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Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Dundee Central

Asked by Chris LawScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 1 September 2025UIN 69846

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in Dundee Central constituency are in households in receipt of (a) Universal Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit with three or more children that are not receiving a child element for at least one child.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department publishes Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, with the latest statistics available to April 2025. The accompanying tables provide breakdowns by country, region, local authority and parliamentary constituency. Child Tax Credit closed in April 2025

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