Question follow-through · 69846

Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Dundee Central

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 l

answeredChris LawDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    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 l

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    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 co...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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