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Welfare reform - impact on households with children: report
A report that presents analysis of the impacts of UK Government reform on households with children in Scotland.
Appendix B: Additional tables
| Type | Best option | Second best option |
|---|---|---|
| Children | Two-child limit and the removal of the family element | Benefit freeze & two-child limit and the removal of the family element |
| People | Removal of the £20 uplift & the UK Government Budget, 2021 | Two-child limit and the removal of the family element |
| Children in working households | All reforms | * |
| People in working households | UK Government Budget, 2021 | All reforms |
| Children in single adult households | Two-child limit and the removal of the family element | Benefit freeze & two-child limit and the removal of the family element |
| Children in priority group households | Two-child limit and the removal of the family element | Benefit freeze & two-child limit and the removal of the family element |
| Children | People | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Government Budget, 2021 | * | (10,000) |
| Removal of the £20 uplift | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Removal of the £20 uplift & the UK Government Budget, 2021 | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Benefit freeze | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| Historical reforms | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Benefit freeze & historical reforms | 20,000 | 30,000 |
| UK Government welfare reforms since 2015 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
| Children | People | Children in poverty | People in poverty | Children in working households | People in working households | Children in priority group households[31] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Government Budget, 2021 | -1% | 0% | 0% | -1% | -1% | 0% | 0% |
| Removal of the £20 uplift & the UK Government Budget, 2021 | 0% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Two-child limit and the removal of the family element | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 4% |
| Benefit freeze | 1% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 4% |
| Removal of the £20 uplift | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| Benefit freeze & two-child limit and the removal of the family element | 2% | 1% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| UK Government welfare reforms since 2015 | 3% | 1% | 10% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 12% |
| Differences highlighted in blue. | Floating poverty line | Fixed poverty line | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Children | People | Children | |
| Removal of the £20 uplift | 30,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 10,000 |
| UK Government Budget, 2021 | - 10,000 | * | - 20,000 | - 10,000 |
| Benefit freeze | 20,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 | 10,000 |
| Historical reforms | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Removal of the £20 uplift & the UK Government Budget, 2021 | 30,000 | 10,000 | 40,000 | 10,000 |
| Benefit freeze & historical reforms | 30,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 20,000 |
| UK Government welfare reforms since 2015 | 70,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 | 40,000 |
Note: Discussed in Appendix C.
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