Carer's Allowance: call for evidence

From:: Department for Work and Pensions
Published: 7 July 2026

Summary

This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape future thinking about how Carer’s Allowance can be modernised.

This call for evidence closes at
11:59pm on 18 August 2026

Call for evidence description

This call for evidence is aimed at organisations and individuals who have information that is relevant to how Carer’s Allowance could be modernised, including through an earnings taper, the role of the earnings rules and how they operate in practice.

The Review welcomes evidence and insight from individuals and organisations with lived or learned experience, knowledge and expertise. Evidence can take many forms and could include written submissions, existing data or unpublished analysis or reports.

Accessibility

This call for evidence is available in accessible versions including British Sign Language (BSL), Easy Read, audio, Braille, large print and Welsh translation.

To request a Braille version or physical copies of other accessible versions of this call for evidence, email us at carer.callforevidence@dwp.gov.uk

If you would like to send an attachment or find out about other ways to respond (for example, by audio), email us at carer.callforevidence@dwp.gov.uk

You can also use this email address to respond to the call for evidence if your response exceeds the maximum character limit of the online form.

You can submit a video in BSL to carer.cfebsl@dwp.gov.uk

Data protection and confidentiality

The Department for Work and Pensions will analyse and summarise responses and may use artificial intelligence to assist with the handling of responses – this will be under human oversight and will not replace human judgement in the consideration of evidence.

An anonymised version of your response may be published in a list of responses, in a summary of responses received, and in any subsequent review reports. We may also share your personal data where required to by law, for example in relation to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will remove information which could identify you, such as email addresses and telephone numbers from these responses, but apart from this we may publish responses in full. You can leave out personal information from your response entirely if you would prefer to do so.

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