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Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.
Outstanding debt from Carer's Allowance overpayments rose to more than £250m last year, according to the government's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the figure had ...
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Approximately 33,000 full-time carers qualify for the Carers Allowance from the government. This Allowance is means tested. The government has committed to developing a National Carers Strategy by the middle of 2008. [3] The Carers Association was the subject of a chapter-length study in Care Work: The Quest for Security. [4]
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Carers save the UK economy an estimated £119 billion per year, [23] and economic considerations form a key element in government policy to support carers. The importance given to carers rights and legislation is evidenced by the record of parliamentary speeches, with 4,118 debates including some mention of carers at the end of March 2008. [24]