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Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the two-child limit in Universal Credit on affected families' long-term (a) health, (b) social and (c) economic outcomes.

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 10 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 14 Oct 2024
Answer: 17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the two-child limit in Universal Credit on affected families' long-term (a) health, (b) social and (c) economic outcomes.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
There are no plans to make such an assessment. The Child Poverty Taskforce will explore how we can harness all available levers to reduce child poverty, including by listening to stakeholders on potential changes, before publishing a strategy in Spring 20...

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