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750017

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the Government's policy that families with more than two children who make new claims for universal credit will no longer be able to claim child tax credit from November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	3729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>In line with roll out plans for Universal Credit, HMRC will not accept any new claims to tax credits from November 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/07/2017 13:06:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

720254

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will carry out an interim assessment of the effects of the freeze on child benefit and child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	70847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The government has published an impact assessment at: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/04/2017 09:42:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

714778

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that potential claimants are aware of the introduction of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL6398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Claimants were alerted to the policy changes at the time they were announced by high level messaging on the GOV.UK website in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits claimants were informed about the upcoming policy change in a letter that was sent with their renewals notices between April and June 2016. A follow up flyer will go out in all new claims packs and renewals packs from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2016 high level amendments were made to the GOV.UK website’s information about Child Tax Credit to advise potential claimants about these changes.</p><p> </p><p>Further details were published as part of a consultation in October 2016 and in response to the consultation in January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have also worked with representative bodies and stakeholders who will be able to advise claimants about the changes.</p><p> </p><p>All tax credits products (for example, award notices, leaflets, and supporting notes) have been updated with a high level message outlining the new policy.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will offer support to claimants through Jobcentres by trained staff as needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/04/2017 15:11:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

714323

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many families will be affected by the introduction of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit in (1) 2017–18, (2) 2018–19, and (3) 2019–20.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit. Families on benefits should have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. All households should think carefully about whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit.</p><p>An impact assessment of Tax Credits and Universal Credit changes to Child Element and Family Element was published in July 2015. It can be found on the Parliament website[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6345 question first answered 07/04/2017 12:38:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name impactassessment.pdf title Impact assessment
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

714324

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the effect of introducing the two-child limit on Child Tax Credits and the child element of Universal Credit on the number of children in poverty, according to the income-based measures used in the official Households Below Average Income statistics.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit. Families on benefits should have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. All households should think carefully about whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit.</p><p>An impact assessment of Tax Credits and Universal Credit changes to Child Element and Family Element was published in July 2015. It can be found on the Parliament website[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6344 question first answered 07/04/2017 12:38:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name impactassessment.pdf title Impact assessment
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

678136

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review annually the effectiveness of the current freeze on child benefit and child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/01/2017 10:51:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

649544

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which trade unions representing civil servants on what dates his Department has met to discuss its plans to limit tax credit payments to two children and protections for victims of rape whose third or subsequent child was born as a result of rape.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	55878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have met with officials and a wide range of stakeholders whilst developing the non-consensual sex exception. The Government has also run a public consultation on all the exceptions which closed 27 November 2016. The Government will publish the consultation response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/12/2016 11:26:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

453399

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in (a) child tax credits and (b) child benefit for children within the European Economic Area outside the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of such payments of proposed reforms to the payment of those benefits to such children under the terms of the renegotiation proposed by the European Council.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	27522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the form requested.</p>The Government’s new settlement means that EU nationals whose children live abroad will ultimately receive Child Benefit at a rate that reflects the conditions – including the standard of living and child benefit paid – of the country where their child lives. This will restore fairness to the system. Meanwhile, Child Tax Credit is being phased out, and we do not have to pay the new Universal Credit for children living in other countries. That means as Universal Credit is fully rolled out, the only benefit we will pay for children living in other Member States will be the indexed rate of Child Benefit.<p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 27574 question first answered 17/03/2016 16:12:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

436050

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which countries limit financial support for children by the number of dependent children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The national systems for supporting families in and out of work are very different between countries and it is thus difficult to compare one system with another. Many countries do not have means-tested supplements for children.</p><br /><p>The Government believes that the welfare system needs to be fair to taxpayers as well as benefit claimants, which includes ensuring that families on benefits make the same sort of financial decisions about the number of children they can afford to have as families supporting themselves solely through work.</p><br /><p>In 2011 the UK spent more on family benefits than Germany, France or Sweden. The UK spent more than double the OECD average on cash benefits to families according to OBR’s welfare trends report 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/12/2015 12:23:23 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

432625

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the household income of a family in receipt of tax credits with (a) three, (b) four and (c) five children of the Government's proposals to limit claims for tax credit and universal credit to two children as announced in the Summer Budget 2015 and the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	17935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>At Summer Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that families will no longer be able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit for third or subsequent children in a family where the child is born after April 2017. In addition families making a completely new claim to Universal Credit after April 2017 will no longer be entitled to support for their third or subsequent children.</p><br /><p>A family currently claiming Child Tax Credit with three or more children will see no change to their household income because of this change. This policy will only affect families claiming Child Tax Credit where they have a third or subsequent child on or after 6 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/12/2015 16:32:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves