Low Incomes: Food
Commons · Question 37187 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Imran Hussain
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to enable people on low incomes to buy healthy food.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 19 Mar 2025
We are committed to supporting vulnerable households access healthy food. We support over 365,000 pregnant women and young children to buy healthy foods like milk or fruit through Healthy Start, provide Free School Meals to over 3 million children, are tr...