Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

Commons · Question 44546 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent child poverty in Ashfield constituency, in the context of disability benefit reforms.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 28 Apr 2025

Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government. The Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy looking at levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, reducing essent...