Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 82599

Social Security Benefits: Children

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing the two-child benefit cap on child poverty in West Dorset constituency.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Taskforce recognises the importance of place, including differences between urban and rural locations, as a driver of child poverty. Children and families in rural areas have played an important role in the development of the Child Poverty Strategy, i...

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