Question follow-through · 28551
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Hamilton and Clyde Valley who have benefitted from the removal of the Universal Credit two-child limit.
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
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Hamilton and Clyde Valley who have benefitted from the removal of the Universal Credit two-child limit.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The requested information is published and available in table 13B, row 591, column K at: Universal Credit claimants statistics on the two child limit policy, April 2026 - GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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