Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 76257

Social Security Benefits: Children

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the two child benefit cap on people by ethnicity.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Statistics about the policy that limits support in Universal Credit to a maximum of two children are published annually. The latest statistics, published in July 2025, include breakdowns by geography and ethnicity, and are available here:Universal Credit ...

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