Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 8996

Tabled: 11 June 2026

Question

Esther McVey

ConservativeTatton

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