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Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Children
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Bolsover constituency have been affected by the two-child benefit cap in each year since 2017.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Affected Universal Credit households (reporting a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017) in Bolsover constituency, by year

Year

Number of UC households

April 2018

-

April 2019

40

April 2020

160

April 2021

280

April 2022

420

April 2023

530

April 2024

660

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April of each year.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

The difference between these figures and published statistics for Bolsover constituency is because the published stats are for those that do not receive some amount of child element due to the policy, whereas these figures include households that have an exception for all children affected by the policy.


Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Children
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have a rape clause exemption from the two-child benefit cap.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

(a) In Bolsover constituency, fewer than 10 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(b) In Derbyshire, 50 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(c) In England, 2,300 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April 2024.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

Derbyshire area in (b) calculated as the sum of the following Local Authorities: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire