Question follow-through · 27131
Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of ending the two child benefit cap.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of ending the two child benefit cap.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2025
Answer published
No estimates have been published. While we cannot currently commit to changing the two child policy, tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. This...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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