Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 430

Child Benefit

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Jess Asato

LabourLowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many exemptions to the two-child benefit limit due to rape have been (a) requested and (b) granted since that exemption was introduced.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The requested information is not available. However, figures are published showing the number of households in receipt of an exception for children likely to have been born as a result of non-consensual conception, which for this purpose includes rape or ...

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