A polycarbonate resin composition for an optical component, the composition comprising 0.1 to 4 parts by mass of a polyalkylene glycol (B) and 0.005 to 0.5 parts by mass of a phosphorus-containing stabilizer (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A), wherein the polyalkylene glycol (B) contains 40 to 80 mol % of a tetramethylene glycol unit (b1), 5 to 45 mol % of a (2-methyl)ethylene glycol unit (b2), and 5 to 50 mol % of an ethylene glycol unit (b3), and wherein at least two units selected from the tetramethylene glycol unit (b1), the (2-methyl)ethylene glycol unit (b2), and the ethylene glycol unit (b3) are contained as a copolymer component obtained by copolymerizing them.