Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50975

Universal Credit

Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households that claim Universal Credit and are affected by the two-child limit (a) were affected from the start of their claim and (b) were previously affected under a cl

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Of the 380,000 Universal Credit (UC) households affected by the policy in April 2024, 236,000 (61%) were affected in their first assessment period on UC and the rest became affected in a subsequent assessment period. Using slightly different data to allow...

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