Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73984

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 17 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on levels of child poverty.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which we will publish in the autumn. We are considering all available levers, including considering social security re...

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