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Children: Poverty |
| Question ID: |
1807869 |
| UIN: |
HL7905 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4282 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set a target for the reduction or elimination of child poverty. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
This government is committed to tackling child poverty and earlier this month announced an expansion of free school meals eligibility to all pupils in England with a parent receiving Universal Credit. This will lift 100,000 children out of poverty by the ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |