Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Expenditure

2026-06-10 · Department for Work and Pensions · 8996 · Official question

Esther McVey

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of households in receipt of benefits made up of (a) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 6 children, (b) 1 husband and 2 w

Answer

I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 June 2026 to Question UIN 4348.