Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 82600

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 recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on families in rural areas.

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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