Social Security Benefits
Commons · Question 94999 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the benefit cap alongside the removal of the two child cap announced in the Budget Statement on 26 November 2025.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 3 Dec 2025
No assessment has been made The benefit cap aims to incentivise work as, where possible, it is in the best interest of children to be in working households. Being in work substantially reduces the chance of poverty: the poverty rate of children living in ...