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Social Security Benefits: Children

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 76256

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of families that are affected by the two child benefit cap in (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) Newcastle upon Tyne.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Statistics about the policy that limits support in Universal Credit to a maximum of two children are published annually. The latest statistics, published in July 2025, include breakdowns by geography and ethnicity, and are available here:

Universal Credit claimants statistics on the two child limit policy, April 2025 - GOV.UK

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