| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Children |
| Question ID: |
1787577 |
| UIN: |
40562 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4637 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr James Frith
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| Asking Member handle: |
JamesFrith
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JamesFrith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the two-child limit policy on recent trends in the levels of child poverty. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4083 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alison McGovern
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| Answering Member handle: |
Alison_McGovern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Alison_McGovern
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| Answer text: |
The Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics show trends in poverty, including child poverty. The latest statistics cover years up to and including 2023/24: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2024 - GOV.UK Deliver... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |