Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80367

Social Security Benefits: 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 he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on incentivising employment among affected families.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce will publish a Child Poverty Strategy in the autumn that will deliver measures to tackle the structural and root causes...

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