| Heading: |
Carer's Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1813619 |
| UIN: |
60710 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5280 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Seamus Logan
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| Asking Member handle: |
SeamusLoganMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SeamusLoganMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in spend on Carers Allowance on Scotland’s Block Grant. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-20 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ian Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
IanMurrayMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@IanMurrayMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
In Scotland, Carers Allowance is a devolved benefit. Individual block grant adjustments linked to individual policy decisions will be published in due course. The Spending Review set a three year envelope and guarantees that the block grant will be at lea... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
2 |
| Answering body name: |
Scotland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |