To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the two-child limit on the number of children living in poverty; and if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of such a decision.
Answered on
5 December 2023
There are no plans to review this policy.
The latest available estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of such a decision was made in 2019, and can be found here.
Answered by
Department for Work and Pensions