Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 9275
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
Tabled: 15 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average income of single parents who are affected by the two-child benefit cap.
Answer
Alison McGovern1. About half (52%) of Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit households affected by the policy, or 230,000, are single adult households, and about half (48% or 220,000) are couples, as show in Figure 2 of the latest statistics commentary published here: Un...
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