questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of households in receipt of benefits made up of (a) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 6 children, (b) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 4 children, (c) 1 husband, 1 wife and 3 children, (d) a single parent with 3 children, (e) 1 husband, 1 wife and 2 children, and (f) a single parent with 2 children.
answerText: I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 June 2026 to Question UIN 4348.
heading: Social Security Benefits: Expenditure