Question follow-through · 902513
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing 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
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
We cannot currently commit to ending the two-child limit. However, tackling child poverty, as the last Labour Government did, is at the heart of this Government’s missions. The Child Poverty Taskforce is exploring all available levers, including social se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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