Social Security Benefits: Guardianship and Parents
(asked on 1st December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of parents or guardians with joint custody of their children were not considered the primary care giver in relation to receiving benefits in each year since 2016.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 6th December 2021
The information requested is not held. DWP does not hold information on custody arrangements between all parents claiming benefits so cannot provide the information requested.