Written questions

Poverty: Children

2026-07-09 · Department for Work and Pensions · 17841 · Official question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the Child Poverty Strategy over the next ten years.

Answer

The Child Poverty Strategy represents a long-term, cross-government approach to tackling the root causes of child poverty. The strategy’s successful implementation depends on co-ordinated action across a range of services. It sets out both the immediate a...