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Social Security Benefits: Children

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 34218

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing child related benefits annually in line with trends in level of (a) inflation and (b) wages.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Child Poverty Taskforce is exploring how we can use every available lever across Government to reduce child poverty before publishing a strategy which will deliver lasting change.

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