Average the income and study hours annually for carers allowance eligibility
Average the income eligibility and or study hours over the year instead of on a week by week basis.
Signatures
23
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 23/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 23/100,000
- 14 FEB 2026Petition closedFinal total: 23 signatures
- 14 AUG 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
Carers allowance eligibility is currently set at under 21hrs a week supervised study, or £196 per week income.
We think the DWP should use the amount per year and average it to avoid penalising students who average less than 21 hours per week of supervised study over the year but exceed that amount during term time.