Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Children

Commons · Question 37322 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women have been granted an exemption to the two-child limit as a result of non-consensual conception since April 2017.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Mar 2025

The requested information is provided in the table below and shows in April of each year from 2017 to 2024, the number of households with a non-consensual conception exception to the two-child policy, who were women (if single claimants) or couples in whi...