Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 69836

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National PartyAberdeen 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 McGovern
The 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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