PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Carer's Premium: Scotland (19 January 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in Scotland received carer premiums for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support and (d) pension credit in in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

There has been no assessment of carer premiums paid to claimants in Scotland in the last three years.

Statistics on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Pension Credit claimants in Scotland in May 2014, May 2015 and May 2016 who were in receipt of Carer’s Allowance are shown in the following table.

Income Support, Pension Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in receipt of a carer’s premium, Scotland, May 2014 - May 2016

	Income Support	Pension Credit	Jobseeker’s Allowance
May 2014	25,460	22,780	500
May 2015	26,280	20,690	300
May 2016	27,050	19,770	300

Source: DWP 5% and 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study data

Notes

1. Figures for Income Support and Pensions Credit are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures for Jobseeker’s Allowance are rounded to the nearest 100
2. Jobseeker’s Allowance figures have been uprated using 5% proportions against 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) totals.

The information requested is not readily available for Employment and Support Allowance claimants and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
24 January 2017