§ Jane GriffithsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the baby element of the child tax credit to each baby under a year old from a multiple birth; and if he will make a statement. [123674]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe 'baby element' is a higher rate of the family element; an amount paid to recognise the responsibilities taken on by all families with children and which also provides additional support where there is one or more very young child in the family. It is not intended to reflect the number of children in the family, as the individual child elements already do so.