Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20270

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty in (a) the UK and (b) Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Answer

Alison McGovern
We published the framework ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy’ on 23 October and will explore all available levers to deliver an enduring reduction in child poverty in this parliament, as part of a 10-year strategy for lasting change. The Ch...

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