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Means-tested Benefits: Take-up

Commons · Question 41344 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of means-tested benefits amongst households with children in poverty.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 2 Apr 2025

The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy, and we are exploring all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. Our focus is on bringing about ...