Question follow-through · 75702
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households affected by the two-child limit policy are (a) two-earner couple households and (b) two-earner couple households in which both earners are in full-time work.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households affected by the two-child limit policy are (a) two-earner couple households and (b) two-earner couple households in which both earners are in full-time work.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit are published annually by a range of breakdowns and demographics. The latest figures, for April 2025, can be found here: Universal Credit claimants statistic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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