Written questions

Social Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty

Commons · Question 7867 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty taskforce plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of furniture poverty on families in social rented homes.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 16 Oct 2024

The Child Poverty Taskforce has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The taskforce is exploring a ...