Child Benefit
(asked on 14th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of regional variations in child benefit claims following the end of the two-child limit.
Answered by
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026
Child Benefit is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs, which administers the benefit and publishes annual statistics on claims. The two-child limit has never applied to Child Benefit. As a such, the Department for Work and Pensions has not assessed regional variations in Child Benefit claims following the removal of the two-child limit in Universal Credit.