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<p>The policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit
and Child Tax Credit came into effect in April 2017, therefore statistics are only
available from 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2019 and April 2020 there was the
most notable increase across GB due to the Covid spike in claims and the gateway for
families with 3+ children being able to apply for UC opening in February 2019.</p><p>
</p><p>The available statistics for <strong>Enfield North Constituency</strong> are
provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number
of UC Households affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children
– households not receiving a child element for at least one child </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The available statistics for <strong>the London Borough of Enfield</strong>
are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number
of UC Households affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children
– households not receiving a child element for at least one child </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The available statistics for <strong>London</strong> are provided in the table
below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of UC Households
affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children – households
not receiving a child element for at least one child </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>3,010</p></td><td><p>12,830</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Statistics for regions and local authorities have been published routinely
since 2021:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2021"
target="_blank">Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related
to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2021 - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022"
target="_blank">Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related
to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2022 - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><ol><li>Base: Those
in receipt of Universal Credit, at 2 April between 2018 and 2022</li><li>Figures are
rounded to the nearest 10</li><li>Region/Local Authority/Parliamentary Constituency
is derived using postcode lookup data against the claimant address, however, is not
present for all households in this data source</li><li>Between April 2019 and April
2020 there was the most notable increase across GB due to the Covid spike in claims
and the gateway for families with 3+ children being able to apply for UC opening in
February 2019.</li><li>Geography data has been updated since the April 2022 publication
so figures may differ slightly</li></ol>
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