Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average income of single parents who are affected by the two-child benefit cap.

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1. 15 October 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average income of single parents who are affected by the two-child benefit cap.

   Source: Commons

2. 22 October 2024

   Answer

   1. About half (52%) of Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit households affected by the policy, or 230,000, are single adult households, and about half (48% or 220,000) are couples, as show in Figure 2 of the latest statistics commentary published here: Un...

   Source: Written answer

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