Carer’s Allowance Overpayments

The Independent Review into Carers Allowance Overpayments and the Government’s response to that Review have been published.

28 Nov 2025

The Independent Review into Carers Allowance Overpayments and the Government’s response to that Review have been published.

Please see the links below to the Written Ministerial Statement made by Sir Stephen Timms, Minister for Social Security and Disability in relation to this and the page on GOV.UK where the Review and Government response documents can be found.

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments - GOV.UK

DWP has issued a press release to accompany these publications and the link to that is below:

Government to accept key recommendations of Sayce review on Carer’s Allowance - GOV.UK