Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what protections his Department plans to put in place for rape victims who have more than two children and will be subject to the Government's proposal to limit child tax credits to two children per family.

The Government has been clear since the Summer Budget that certain groups would be exempt from the Government’s plan to limit Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit to two children from April 2017, including women who have a third or subsequent child as a result of rape. The Government recognises this is a complex and sensitive issue and that we need to establish a way of developing the exemption in a sympathetic and responsive manner to ensure the additional support goes to those for whom it is intended.