Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 1032

Social Security Benefits: Children

Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024

Question

Stephen Flynn

Scottish National PartyAberdeen South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of removing the two-child benefit cap on the number of children in poverty.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Recognising the wide-ranging causes of child poverty, our new Ministerial Taskforce will explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government and wider society to drive forward the change our children need.