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Social Security Benefits: Children

Asked by Mary Kelly FoyLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 30 July 2024UIN 1795

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential health impact of the two-child benefit cap on children's (a) mental and (b) physical health.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

No formal assessment has been made. We recognise the wide-ranging causes of child poverty, and we will explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government and wider society to drive forward the change our children need.

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