Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80365

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on child poverty levels in (a) working families and (b) minority ethnic groups.

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 social security reforms, to gi...

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