Furniture Poverty
Commons · Question 107836 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps schools are expected to take to help ensure that pupils and families experiencing (a) furniture or (b) appliance poverty are directed to sources of support.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 5 Feb 2026
The government’s Child Poverty Strategy, ‘Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty’, was published on 5 December 2025. It sets out the steps this government will take to reduce child poverty in the short term, as well as putting in place the build...