Question follow-through · 61440
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) two-child limit and (b) benefit cap on levels of child poverty among (i) children who are not eligible for (A) breakfast clubs
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) two-child limit and (b) benefit cap on levels of child poverty among (i) children who are not eligible for (A) breakfast clubs
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
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. The Child Poverty Taskforce is exploring all available levers, including considering social security refo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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