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<p>Since 6 April 2017, families with third and subsequent children born on or after
this date are able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit or Universal
Credit for their first two children.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants
are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family.
That is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups.</p><p> </p><p>Exceptions
apply to third and subsequent children who are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Additional children
in a multiple birth: an extra amount is payable for all children in a multiple birth
other than the first child; or</li><li>Likely to have been born as a result of non-consensual
conception, which for this purpose includes non-consensual sex where the claimant
was in a controlling or coercive relationship with the child’s other biological parent
at the time of conception.</li></ul><p> </p><p>An exception also applies to any children
in a household who are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Adopted when they would otherwise be in
Local Authority care; or</li><li>Living long term with friends or family and would
otherwise be at risk of entering the care system, or where a child (under 16) living
with their parents or carers has a child of their own (until they make a separate
claim upon turning 16).</li></ul>
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