Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 8996
Tabled: 11 June 2026
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of households in receipt of benefits made up of (a) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 6 children, (b) 1 husband and 2 w