Health: Furniture Poverty
Commons · Question 107834 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of furniture poverty on health outcomes.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 30 Mar 2026
The links between material deprivation and poorer mental and physical health are well recognised. As highlighted by the campaign ‘End Furniture Poverty’, furniture can be one of the most expensive items people can purchase, and living without essential it...