Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 902511 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of parental employment on child poverty.
Answer
Answered by Liz Kendall, 3 Feb 2025
The Child Poverty Action Group estimates 38% of children in My Hon Friend’s constituency are now growing up in povertyIncreasing the employment rate for lone parents, and increasing the number of second earners in couples, is absolutely crucial to tacklin...