Number of children affected by two-child benefit cap rises to 1.6m

Children affected by benefit cap on 2 April

of every year, millions

Households with:

Three children

Four children

Five or more children

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Children affected by benefit cap on 2 April of every year, millions

Households with:

Three children

Four children

Five or more children

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024