Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80663

Social Security Benefits: Children

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap for residents in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
This 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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