Carers Allowance Overpayments
- Carers Trust
- Nov 27
- 1 min read
"On Tuesday we saw the publication of the Sayce Review into the Carer’s Allowance overpayment scandal. This has seen large numbers of carers on Carer’s Allowance being pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions for often unaffordable amounts of money for breaching complex eligibility criteria for the benefit. Carers Trust has been working closely with The Guardian over the past 18 months to highlight this issue and its often devastating impact on carers. The report recommends the re-assessment of hundreds of thousands of carers’ cases in a huge win for Carers Trust and all carers affected by the overpayment scandal." |
Our CEO, Kirsty Hugh, told the Guardian: “As the review makes clear, the DWP’s guidance on overpayments was both wrong and confusing. It was a huge error going back a decade that meant countless carers were wrongly judged to have received overpayments of carer’s allowance. "We are pleased the DWP has taken it on the chin and listened to both carers and the services that support them. Its acknowledgement of its error today, along with its commitment to resolve this injustice, are a very positive step forward in making right this wrong to carers. "We are delighted our campaigning on this means that thousands of carers will be relieved of this enormous burden and that a re-assessment service will be created to review each case." |
And you can read Kirsty’s response to publication of the Sayce Review. |
