Child tax credit/Universal Credit

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charlotte84

Hello all I’ve recently changed to UC from ESA, I was claiming child tax credits for my 3 children the one is aged 10 and I have 2 yr old twins but now I won’t receive tax credits as I’m getting Uc will they still pay me for all the children or just the 2 as I have twins they paid me for all under the multiple birth rule, but now I’m on Uc I’m worried they’re only going to pay my for the 2. 

poppy123456

The same rules apply to UC as they did with tax credits.  See link. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-and-families-with-more-than-2-children-information-for-claimants take note of the bottom paragraph.

Multiple births

You can get extra Universal Credit for your third and subsequent children if they are born as part of a multiple birth, apart from one child in that birth. This means the exception applies to the additional children in that birth.

For example, if you’re already getting additional amounts of Universal Credit for 2 existing children, then you have twins, we’ll pay an extra additional child amount of Universal Credit for one of those twins (meaning that in total you’ll be entitled to an amount for 3 out of your 4 children).

Where the first child of the multiple birth is either the first or second child in the household, we’ll pay a child amount for all the children born as part of the multiple birth.