Food: Poverty
Commons · Question 67785 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poverty on access to (a) minimally processed and (b) healthy food (i) for children and young people and (ii) in general.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Jul 2025
Delivering on our commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for the Government, and the Ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce is working to publish the Child Poverty Strategy.Evidence suggests that in the long-term, food insecurity may be ass...