Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
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:
- The figures above are for Universal Credit only and do not include any households on Child Tax Credit affected by the policy.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000
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