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...