Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 87179
Social Security Benefits: Children
Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Question
Siân Berry
Green Party — Brighton Pavilion
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the continuation of the two-child benefit cap on the (a) physical and (b) mental health
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThis Government is determined to bring down child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce will publish a Child Poverty Strategy in the autumn that will deliver measures to tackle the structural and root causes of child poverty. The Secretary of State for ...
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