Oeddech chi'n golygu child benefit can?
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of families subject to the two-child benefit cap that are in absolute poverty.
Chris Law: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps he is taking to (a) tackle the impact of the benefit cap on low-income families and (b) help prevent increases in child poverty.
Tan Dhesi: ...have not seen in generations or perhaps longer, thanks to this Government’s inability to get to grips with inflation. Perhaps if Ministers were more focused on supporting those impacted by their child benefit cap than on removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and more focused on spending public money to invest in our public services than on giving away billions in failed personal...
Mims Davies: The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and their children. From April, we uprated benefit rates by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the...
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to prevent hunger among children whose families are subject to the two-child benefit cap during the school summer holidays.
Baroness Lister of Burtersett: To ask His Majesty's Government what are the current annual savings to the Exchequer provided by (1) the benefit cap, and (2) the two-child limit on social security payments.
Collette Stevenson: Analysis shows that 90,000 fewer children will live in poverty as a direct result of the actions and decisions that the Scottish Government is taking with its limited powers through the Scottish child payment and mitigating cruel Tory policies such as the bedroom tax and benefit cap. However, as the cabinet secretary has mentioned, we are acting with one hand tied behind our back. Will the...
David Linden: ...poverty. I pay tribute to One Parent Families Scotland, which campaigns relentlessly against the young parent penalty. It has also been a staple element of my party’s policy to oppose the two-child limit and its associated rape clause, or—to use the Sunday name that the UK Government prefer—the non-consensual sex exemption. This policy has been on the statute book for far too long. I...
Kim Johnson: On a point of order, Mr Speaker, in response to my question on the two-child benefit cap last week, the Prime Minister responded by claiming that his Government had lifted 400,000 children out of absolute poverty since 2010, which on the face of it seems like an achievement worth celebrating. However, as the Prime Minister well knows, that statistic does not support his claim. Absolute...
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of families subject to the two-child benefits cap using foodbanks.
Mims Davies: The latest available data shows that the proportion of children in families in absolute low income in the Preston constituency in 2021/22 was 21.9%, a reduction of 3.5 percentage points compared with 2014/15 (the first year for which comparable data is available) and a reduction of 0.7 percentage points compared with 2020/21. Absolute poverty is the government’s preferred measure as the...
Marion Fellows: ...at the cost of living could look into that sort of thing. As a grandmother, I can tell the House: that is just not on. The Citizens Advice Scotland social justice spokesperson noted that the energy cap “remains higher than it was last summer, bills will remain higher than the beginning of this crisis in 2021, and since then people have faced a huge squeeze on their finances.” As SNP...
Shona Robison: The Scottish budget includes £405 million for our game-changing Scottish child payment and £83.7 million for discretionary housing payments to mitigate the United Kingdom Government’s policies, including the benefit cap. We continue to invest around £1 billion in the provision of funded early learning and childcare and will make £108 million available for employability support, to...
Shirley-Anne Somerville: ...reduced due to inflation. As the report sets out, we estimate that £3 billion was invested across a range of programmes targeted at low income households last year, with £1.25 billion directly benefiting children. That represents increases of £0.43 billion and £0.15 billion respectively, compared with 2021-22, and vital support at a crucial time for households. The report provides the...
Mims Davies: The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting all low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and their children. From April, we uprated benefit rates by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the...
Lorna Slater: ...-pays principle. The Parliament did so because it looked around the world and saw that deposit return schemes worked, with more than 50 schemes worldwide. It did so because it recognised the benefits of dramatically reduced litter, a step change in recycling rates and having yet another tool in the fight against climate change, as well as that those benefits increase the larger the scope...
Shirley-Anne Somerville: I will point to one thing that the Scottish Government is doing, and that is of course our five family payments, including the Scottish child payment, best start foods and the three best start payments, which could be worth up to £10,000 by the time that an eligible child turns six. I have also recently announced that we will change the regulations to remove the income thresholds from best...
Amy Callaghan: ...Government are not just providing new policies relating to the social security system; they spend £594 million each year mitigating bad policies from this place, including the bedroom tax and the benefit cap. If those Tory welfare reforms had not been imposed, it is estimated that each family in Scotland would be £2,500 better off each year. The cost of living crisis would be much...
Guy Opperman: ...impact of covid and the impact of global issues, most particularly Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. That is why we continue to take extensive action to help households. In 2023-24, we have increased benefit rates and state pensions by 10.1% and we will spend around £276 billion through welfare support in Great Britain. We have never spent more in this country on low-income families, the...
Marion Fellows: ...their disposal to tackle the cost of living crisis on the scale required. We continue to push them to use their powers to tackle the cost of living crisis, including access to borrowing, providing benefits and support to households, VAT on fuel, taxation of windfall profits and regulation of the energy market. The reversal of the planned increase in the energy price guarantee is welcome,...
