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Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents

Asked by Chris BlooreLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 6 March 2025UIN 34406

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parent families are affected by the two-child limit for benefits by the gender of the parent.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

In April 2024, the number of single parents on Universal Credit affected by the two-child policy, by gender, was as follows.

Single parents household on Universal Credit affected by two-child policy (April 2024)

Female

201,000

Male

5,000

Total

206,000

Notes:

  1. The figures above are for Universal Credit only and do not include any households on Child Tax Credit affected by the policy.
  2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000

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