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Social Security Benefits: Children

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 96711

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) removing the two-child limit of UC child benefit and (b) adding that benefit to the exemptions for the household benefit cap on the

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Information related to removing the two child limit policy is published in ‘Table 3.2: Costing of the removal of the two-child limit’ (page 66-67) and is available at EFOs - Office for Budget Responsibility.

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