Question follow-through · 1499

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Blyth and Ashington constituency are impacted by the two child benefit cap.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
26 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Blyth and Ashington constituency are impacted by the two child benefit cap.

  2. 26 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The number of Universal Credit households affected by the policy to provide support to a maximum of 2 children, in Blyth and Ashington in April 2024 was 770. The equivalent figure for Child Tax Credits is not held by this department as it is administered ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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