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1002475

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 measures they are taking to ensure that potential claimants are aware of the policy to provide Child Tax Credit and Universal Tax Credit to a maximum of two children; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of any such awareness-raising measures.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL11316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Universal Credit (UC) was originally announced at Summer Budget 2015 and legislated for in the Welfare Reform Act 2016. The government chose to implement the policy from April 2017 to ensure households were aware of the policy before choosing to have third or subsequent children. HMRC also provided information in leaflets to all claimants renewing their CTC claim since 2016 and a leaflet has also been included in the CTC new claim pack since the policy came into force. Since August 2016 high level messaging about the policy has been available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2018 12:49:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1002476

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 steps they are taking to monitor and review the impact of the policy to provide Child Tax Credit and Universal Tax Credit to a maximum of two children on (1) children’s well-being, and (2) on the financial resilience of families affected by that policy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL11317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The policy to provide Child Tax Credits and Universal Credit for a maximum of two children ensures that those on benefits face the same financial choices around the number of children they can afford as those supporting themselves solely through work.</p><p> </p><p>Work is the best way out of poverty and Universal Credit is supporting people into the labour market so they can get the skills they need to access better opportunities. There are 637,000 fewer children in workless households than in 2010 and unemployment is at a record low.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting the finances of low-income families by decreasing the taper rate and increasing work allowances in Universal Credit, so people can earn more without losing their benefits. Our National Living Wage means the lowest paid have seen their wages grow by 8% above inflation between 2015 and 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2018 12:48:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

992669

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, what the evidential base is for the claim that the two-child limit policy will encourage families to reflect carefully on their readiness to support an additional child; and how that claim relates to families who already have two or more children.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	182222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-19/181634/" target="_blank">181634</a> on 24 October 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 16:49:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

991198

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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, what evidence her Department has for the claim that the two-child policy limit will increase household financial resilience.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	181634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>This policy ensures that the benefits system is fair to those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it, ensuring those on benefits face the same financial choices around the number of children they can afford as those supporting themselves solely through work, and encouraging parents to reflect carefully on their readiness to support an additional child. Reflecting carefully on readiness to support an additional child could have a positive effect on financial resilience.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment of the policy was published in 2015 and at the time was scrutinised by SSAC and in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/10/2018 16:11:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

984351

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC statistical release of 28 June 2018 on the Government's policy to provide support to a maximum of two children, what the ethnicity is of the 70,620 households not in receipt of an exception to that policy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2018 10:02:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

964056

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many NCC1, Support for a child conceived without your consent forms have been received by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	169454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Statistics relating to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credit were published on 28th June 2018 and can be accessed at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719458/Two_children_and_exceptions_in_tax_credits_and_Universal_Credit_April_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719458/Two_children_and_exceptions_in_tax_credits_and_Universal_Credit_April_2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/09/2018 12:52:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

964167

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, with reference to the statistics on support for a maximum of two children published by HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions on 28 June 2018, what analysis his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaking on the number of affected households in (a) the first year of that policy and (b) the estimate published in the Government’s Impact Assessment in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	169388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already undertaken analysis of the estimate published in the Impact Assessment in July 2015. The analysis found that the difference between the estimate in the Impact Assessment and the published statistics is due to a combination factors, including improvements to the methodology used to identify the affected population, divergences between the economic determinants used to model the policy and actual outturn, and changes in the underlying claimant population. No formal analysis of the separate impact of these factors has been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2018 09:45:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

942017

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 16 July (HL9124), whether they will now provide an estimate of the number of working families with two children or more currently using foodbanks following reductions in benefit entitlement or delays in benefit payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not record the number of people using foodbanks or other types of food aid. [Some food aid providers, such as the Trussell Trust, produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed.]</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/07/2018 16:16:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

940063

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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, further to the statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children published on 28 June by HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions, of the 70,620 households affected, and not in receipt of an exception, what are the number of households with (1) 3 dependent children, (2) 4 dependent children, and (3) 5 or more dependent children.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL9478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of Child Tax Credit is set out in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2018 13:38:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name HL9478&HL9479.docx title Table for HL9478&HL9479
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

940064

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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, further to the statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children published on 28 June by HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions, what was the total number of children affected over the period covered by these statistics, excluding households in receipt of an exception.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL9479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of Child Tax Credit is set out in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2018 13:38:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name HL9478&HL9479.docx title Table for HL9478&HL9479
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham