A question on #Poverty #Children tabled by Cat Eccles on 30-06-2025 has been answered by Alison McGovern.

Heading: Poverty: Children
Question ID: 1817885
UIN: 63858
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-30
Asking Member ID: 5293
Asking Member display name: Cat Eccles
Asking Member handle: catecclesstour
Asking Member Twitter reference: @catecclesstour
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Budget Statement 2024, the Spring Statement 2025 and the Spending Review 2025, what forecast she has made of levels of child poverty during this Parliament.
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Date answered: 2025-07-09
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4083
Answering Member display name: Alison McGovern
Answering Member handle: Alison_McGovern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Alison_McGovern
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Answer text: The Department publishes the estimated impact of specific policies where appropriate. The Department, for example, recently made public the impact of the expansion of the Free School meal extension announced as part of the Spending Review 2025. The impact...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true