Universal Credit and Welfare Tax Credits
(asked on 15th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of temporarily suspending the two-child limit on the child element of universal credit and tax credit in recognition of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on families with children.
This question was answered on 20th May 2020
There are no plans to suspend the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children.