Written questions

Poverty: Children

Commons · Question 58330 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to help reduce levels of child poverty in (a) (i) rural and (ii) coastal constituencies and (b) Fylde constituency.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 16 Jun 2025

Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy later this year. The Strategy will look at levers acros...