Families: Food Poverty
Commons · Question 87741 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support families with food poverty in winter 2025-26.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Nov 2025
The UK Government is committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Universal Credit is claimed by more than 8.2 million people across the UK and we are committed to reviewing it to make sure it is doing the job we wan...