| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Children |
| Question ID: |
1760996 |
| UIN: |
902513 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5304 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Danny Chambers
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| Asking Member handle: |
DannyVet
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DannyVet
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
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... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |