Universal Credit: Children

(asked on 11th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of the lower child disability addition on universal credit for (a) one child (b) two children and (c) three or more children.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 14th March 2019

The estimated number of Universal Credit households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate in November 2018, Great Britain is given below. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.

Estimated number of Households on Universal Credit with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate, by number of children, in November 2018, Great Britain.

Number of Households

One child

15,890

Two children

570

Three or more children

10

Total

16,480

Source: Universal Credit Household dataset.

Notes:

  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 so may not sum.
  2. Households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate may also have entitlement at the higher rate for one or more children.
  3. A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.

Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf

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