Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 69836
Poverty: Children
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party — Aberdeen North
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that the...
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