Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 78377
Social Security Benefits: Children
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Jim McMahon
Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the two child benefit cap on children in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThis 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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