Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 26 Mawrth 2024.
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Defence)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the number of people in receipt of both Child Maintenance payments and Universal Credit.
Paul Maynard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
At the end of the quarter ending September 2023, 353,000 Receiving Parents were also claiming Universal Credit.
Please note that Child Maintenance payments are not considered during the calculation of Universal Credit and Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.
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