questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to amend legacy benefit regulations to remove provisions recognising additional spouses in polygamous marriages.
answerText: Polygamous marriages are illegal in the UK. Immigration rules have generally prevented the formation of polygamous households in this country since 1988. Under successive governments access to benefit support for additional spouses is only available where...
heading: Social Security Benefits: Polygamy