Carers

• 2.8m people aged over 50 provide unpaid care.
• Adult children provide their parents with 36 hours of unpaid care each month, estimated at a total annual UK cost of £39 billion.
• Nearly a quarter of all carers aged 75 and over (24%) provide 50 hours or more a week of informal care.
• The weekly Carer’s Allowance is currently £53.10, but is not payable to those carers who are also in receipt of a state pension.