AQW 6050/22-27


Mr Andy Allen MBE
Ulster Unionist Party
East Belfast


Tabled Date: 09/02/2024
Answered On Date: 21/02/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the amount spent on Carer’s Allowance; (ii) this spend as a proportion of the social security budget; and (iii) this spend as a proportion of the Department for Communities budget, for each year from 2019 to 2023.


Answer:
The table below sets out the information requested:
Year
Carers Allowance Spend£’000
Carers Allowance Spend as % of Social Security Budget
Carers Allowance Spend as % of DfC Budget
2018/19
170,843
2.7%
2.4%
2019/20
176,217
2.7%
2.3%
2020/21
181,617
2.5%
2.1%
2021/22
177,581
2.4%
2.1%
2022/23
182,449
2.4%
2.0%
The above % figures are derived from published statistics.