Written questions

Poverty: Children

Commons · Question 73984 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on levels of child poverty.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Sep 2025

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 considering social security re...