Question follow-through · 1795

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential health impact of the two-child benefit cap on children's (a) mental and (b) physical health.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential health impact of the two-child benefit cap on children's (a) mental and (b) physical health.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    No formal assessment has been made. We recognise the wide-ranging causes of child poverty, and we will explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government and wider society to drive forward the change our children need.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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