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date	02/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 estimate they have made of how many families who have been affected by the two-child benefit policy are using, or have used, food banks; and what estimate they have made of the saving to the Exchequer from that policy since its introduction.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the use of food banks by families affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the savings from the policy were published at the Spring Budget 2017 in table 2.2 (measures announced at Autumn Statement 2016 or earlier that take effect from April 2017 or later). The table shows annual savings of just under £2 billion by 2021-22.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/07/2018 12:10:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

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date	02/07/2018
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, how many families with three or more children received (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit from April 2017 in (i) Wirral, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	159588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be made available at disproportionate cost. National data regarding the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in both Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2018 15:31:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern