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1733423

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the two-child limit in Universal Credit on affected families' long-term (a) health, (b) social and (c) economic outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
uin	8569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Poverty Taskforce will explore how we can harness all available levers to reduce child poverty, including by listening to stakeholders on potential changes, before publishing a strategy in Spring 2025.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 17/10/2024 13:01:14 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5201

1731267

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Taskforce on Child Poverty will make an assessment on the potential impact of ending the two-child benefit limit for families in Shipley constituency..
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
uin	7197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Poverty Taskforce has started work and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The Child Poverty Strategy will be published in the Spring and is UK-wide.</p><p> </p><p>In September, the Taskforce heard from local leaders about the challenges faced in their communities, and how it can best work with Mayors, local authorities and other bodies to develop innovative solutions to tackle child poverty. This marked the first of a series of thematic sessions with key organisations, charities and experts on specific topics that will help to shape the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 10/10/2024 14:59:50 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5281

1731381

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty in families affected by the two-child limit in Universal Credit claims.
tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
uin	7076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Poverty Taskforce, co-chaired by the Work and Pensions and Education Secretaries, has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The vital work of the Taskforce comes alongside the Government’s commitments to roll out free breakfast clubs at all primary schools, setting every child up at the start of the day ready to learn, expanding childcare to deliver work choices for parents and life chances for children, provide stronger protection for families who rent privately as well as deliver our plan to make work pay.</p><p> </p><p>As of April 2024, the number of children (third or subsequent children born on or after 6 April 2017) affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children was 470,000.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of households affected by the policy</p></td><td><p>Total number of children in households affected by the policy</p></td><td><p>Number of third or subsequent children in households affected by the policy</p></td><td><p>Number of children affected by the policy (third or subsequent children born on or after 6 April 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GB Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>380,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,300,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>580,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>470,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern grouped question UIN 7075 question first answered 10/10/2024 13:49:55 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5201

1731554

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Universal Credit entitlement for people with children not in full-time education due to (a) special educational needs and disabilities or (b) other health issues.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Claire Hazelgrove
uin	7253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 14/10/2024 13:39:25 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5306

1723063

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial cost and (b) impact on levels of child poverty of introducing a child element of Universal Credit of (i) £287.92, (ii) £191.95 and (iii) £143.96 for (A) third and (B) further children.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Chris Hinchliff
uin	1447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling child poverty and are introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school to ensure children are fed a nutritious breakfast and are ready to learn. The new Ministerial Taskforce will drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy in line with the Opportunity Mission.</p><p>After initial engagement, the formal work to develop the new child poverty strategy will begin and we will publish a Full Terms of Reference in the coming weeks. We will explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government and wider society to drive forward the change our children need.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 08/08/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5244

1713030

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the two-child limit in Universal Credit applies to households caring for an additional child under a special guardianship order.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	23201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 6 April 2017, families can claim support for up to two children, and there may be further entitlement for other children if they were born before April 2017 or if an exception applies. One of these exceptions is any child in a household who is living long-term with friends or family who would otherwise be at risk of entering the care system, which includes a child being cared for under a Special Guardianship Order.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/04/2024 11:32:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1693327

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants aged under 25 have at least one child.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	16597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/03/2024 11:25:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1676663

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households (a) in receipt of Universal Credit and (b) subject to deductions in each parliamentary constituency in the most recent month for which data is available; what the (i) total and (ii) average sum of Universal Credit deductions was for households with children in each constituency; and what proportion of those sums was deducted to repay advance payments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	5974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p><strong>The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet and are subject to the following caveats:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. For low level geography: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 and average amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1. For totals at GB level: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100,000, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000,000 and average amount has been rounded to the nearest £1. Proportions have been rounded to the nearest percentage point.</p><p>2. The sum of individual low level geographies may not sum to the total figure due to rounding.</p><p>3. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>4. Children are defined here as being people who are declared as living in the same household as the UC claimant(s) and who are under the age of 20. The number of children may not be equal to the number of dependent children in the household who are eligible for child element for various reasons. This includes children over the age of 16 in non-advanced full-time education, looked-after children and, other young people living in multigenerational households whose parents are not the claimant. Those affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children may also have a larger number of children compared to the number of children entitled to the child element in their household.</p><p>5. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p>6. The ‘unknown' parliamentary constituency equates to 0.4% of all households and relates to households for which a constituency could not be determined due to incomplete postcode information.</p><p>7. Data for August 2023 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics.</p><p>8. Claim numbers and numbers of children on UC will not match official statistics caseloads due to methodological differences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/12/2023 11:45:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1642634

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with more than two children made a first claim for Universal Credit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	188231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/06/2023 11:59:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1642281

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Universal Credit's two-child limit on trends of the level of children living in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	187979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government firmly believes where possible it is in the best interests of children to be in working households. We have a range of employment support and advice available from our Work Coaches in Jobcentres to help people to be better off and become less reliant on benefits. Assessing the impacts of these policies would involve projecting forward every household’s income and individual circumstances which is not possible to do with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to supporting families and helping parents to progress. This requires a system that provides strong work incentives and key support for those who need it, but crucially also ensures a sense of fairness to the taxpayer as many working families do not see their incomes rise when they have more children.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, we can highlight that both rates and numbers of children in absolute poverty (60% of 2010/11 median income, both before and after housing costs) were lower in 2021/22 than in 2009/10. In 2021/22 there were 400,000 fewer children in absolute low income after housing costs than in 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 16:37:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery