Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50975
Universal Credit
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Question
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat — Cheadle
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 TimmsOf 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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