Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 102088 · Tabled 2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of UK Government measures to reduce child poverty on children in Scotland; and how he is working with the Scottish Government to complement devolved
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 Jan 2026
We estimate that removing the two-child limit alongside other measures in the Child Poverty Strategy, published on 5 December, will lift 550,000 children out of poverty across the whole of the UK, leading to the largest expected reduction in child poverty...