AQW 10286/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities how many people in each constituency receive carers allowance; and how many of those carers are also in receipt of Universal Credit or legacy benefits.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 16 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 1 December 2020
- Answered
- 25 November 20209 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below shows the number of people who receive a Carers Allowance payment by constituency and who are also in receipt of Universal Credit or a legacy benefit. These figures are from the most recent published data as of May 2020.
| Constituency | Carer's Allowance Recipients1 | Also Claiming Universal Credit or a legacy benefit2 |
| BELFAST EAST | 2,150 | 1,200 |
| BELFAST NORTH | 3,960 | 2,660 |
| BELFAST SOUTH | 1,820 | 1,080 |
| BELFAST WEST | 4,660 | 3,400 |
| EAST ANTRIM | 1,990 | 930 |
| EAST DERRY | 2,760 | 1,430 |
| FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE | 2,360 | 1,140 |
| FOYLE | 3,880 | 2,440 |
| LAGAN VALLEY | 1,890 | 890 |
| MID ULSTER | 2,910 | 1,360 |
| NEWRY AND ARMAGH | 3,220 | 1,690 |
| NORTH ANTRIM | 2,390 | 1,170 |
| NORTH DOWN | 1,640 | 690 |
| SOUTH ANTRIM | 2,030 | 930 |
| SOUTH DOWN | 2,950 | 1,480 |
| STRANGFORD | 2,090 | 940 |
| UPPER BANN | 3,070 | 1,560 |
| WEST TYRONE | 2,920 | 1,580 |
| UNKNOWN3 | 140 | 100 |
| Total4 | 48,810 | 26,650 |
1 The Carers Allowance figures refer to people who receive a payment and does not include people who have what is known as an underlying entitlement to the benefit but do not receive a payment.
2 Legacy benefits included in the above are Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance and Pension Credit.
3 In producing this analysis, individual records were attributed to a Parliamentary Constituency on the basis of their postcode. Not all records can be correctly allocated using this method, and some cannot be allocated at all.
4 Figures may not sum due to rounding.