Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Children

Commons · Question 82600 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

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

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 24 Oct 2025

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...