Question follow-through · 13052
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of increasing the universal credit child element by £20 a week on child poverty levels.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of increasing the universal credit child element by £20 a week on child poverty levels.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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2 Jul 2026
Answer published
Our commitment to tackling child poverty is at the heart of the government’s plan for national renewal - delivering more security, more opportunity, and more respect for every family and every community across the UK. The reversal of the two-child limit i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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