Recently we've heard in the news how many Carers allowance claimants have been overpaid the beneft because they have earned over the earnings threshold(for 2024/ 2025 - £151 per week). The government
have provided figures of the total debt-
Total amount of CA debt- 'As of 14th May 2024, the volume of people who have an outstanding Carers Allowance debt is 134,800 with a total value of £251m....As of November 2023, there were over 991,000 people in receipt of Carers Allowance. That figure is made up of over 271,000 (27%) males and 720,000 (73%) females.
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