Question follow-through · 94998
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the number of households that will be affected by the removal of the two child cap but subjected to the benefit cap following changes announced in the Budget Statement on
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
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- Local Housing Allowance: Uprating · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the number of households that will be affected by the removal of the two child cap but subjected to the benefit cap following changes announced in the Budget Statement on
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
The requested information is not available.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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