Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 63858 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Budget Statement 2024, the Spring Statement 2025 and the Spending Review 2025, what forecast she has made of levels of child poverty during this Parliament.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 9 Jul 2025
The Department publishes the estimated impact of specific policies where appropriate. The Department, for example, recently made public the impact of the expansion of the Free School meal extension announced as part of the Spending Review 2025. The impact...