Poverty: Children
Lords · Question HL15641 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Bird
To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the Child Poverty Strategy, published on 5 December 2025, what steps they are taking to ensure that the target to end the discharge of newborn babies into bed and breakfast accommodation or other unsuitable
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 24 Mar 2026
The Government has committed to ending the practice of discharging newborn babies into bed and breakfast or other unsuitable shared accommodation through the Child Poverty Strategy, which has now been published. We are working closely across the Governmen...