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UK carer’s allowance reassessment reviews 2,400 cases
2,400cases
Carer’s allowance reassessment cases reviewed in the first five months
The Department for Work and Pensions reviewed 2,400 carer’s allowance cases in the first five months of a reassessment scheme. It fully repaid 100 carers and reduced the debts of another 100, while campaigners criticised the pace.
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- 2,400cases
Carer’s allowance reassessment cases reviewed in the first five months
“Only 2,400 cases (1.04%) ... had been reviewed in the first five months”
- 1.04%
Share of the estimated carer’s allowance reassessment caseload reviewed in the first five months
“Only 2,400 cases (1.04%)”
- 230,900cases
Estimated carer’s allowance reassessment caseload
“an estimated caseload of 230,900”