PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Child Tax Credit: Lone Parents (18 July 2019)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single parents who are not in work receive (a) the disabled child element and (b) the disabled child element but not the severely disabled child element in their child tax credit.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

As at December 2018 there were 176,000 out-of-work families receiving the disabled child element, of which 101,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.

There were 121,000 out-of-work single adult families receiving the disabled child element, of which 71,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.

Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
23 July 2019