Question follow-through · 37017

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the two-child benefits limit on levels of child poverty.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the two-child benefits limit on levels of child poverty.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change.The Strategy will look at all available l...

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