| Heading: |
Poverty: Children |
| Question ID: |
1818357 |
| UIN: |
64183 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5092 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Baines
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| Asking Member handle: |
DavidBainesMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DavidBainesMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in St Helens North constituency. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4083 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alison McGovern
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| Answering Member handle: |
Alison_McGovern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Alison_McGovern
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| Answer text: |
In St Helens North, there were 6,670 children in UC households in November 2024. There are 7,634 pupils (28.3%) known to be eligible for free school meals in St Helens. In 2023/24, there were 7,096 (33.8%) children in in relative low income after housing ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |