Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many kinship carers who applied for child tax credit were exempt from the two-child limit in 2017-18; and how many of those people were financially affected by the benefit cap in that period.

The number of Child Tax Credit claimants who received an exception from the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children on the basis of non-parental care was 270 on 2 April 2018. This information is published and can be found by following the URL:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018

No claimants were excluded from financial support where supporting documentation was provided.

HMRC does not hold data on how many of these kinship carers were financially affected by the benefit cap.

The most recent benefit cap figures were published on 1 November 2018 and are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2018