Written questions

Poverty: Children

Lords · Question HL15155 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Bird

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including statutory targets for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 18 Mar 2026

Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament, lifting 550,000 children out of poverty, and sets out our ambition to tackle its structural drivers as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy. This Government has taken ...