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date	20/06/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the two-child benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	155867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The policy to provide additional Universal Credit support for a maximum of two children encourages families who receive benefits to make the same financial decisions as those families who support themselves solely through work.</p><p> </p><p>Exceptions are an important part of the policy and we have always been clear they will be delivered in the most effective, compassionate way, with the right safeguards in place.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact of the policy. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-04-27/HCWS653/" target="_blank">Written Statement HCWS653</a> on 27 April outlined a recent change to the policy</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that Child Benefit continues to be paid for all children plus an additional amount for any disabled children. Additional help for eligible childcare costs are also available regardless of the total number of children in the household.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/06/2018 12:18:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

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date	19/10/2015
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of limiting (a) child tax credit and (b) the child element of universal credit on parents (i) in BME communities, (ii) who are considering fostering or adoption and (iii) who are the victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	12346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to a fair tax and welfare system and wants to move from a low wage, high tax and high welfare economy to a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare society. The intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work and ensure work always pays.</p><br /><p>The government has fully assessed the impacts on equalities of the measures announced at Summer Budget, meeting our obligations as set out in the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2015 16:05:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris