A question on #Poverty #Children tabled by David Baines on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Alison McGovern.

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
Asking Member handle: DavidBainesMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @DavidBainesMP
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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Date answered: 2025-07-09
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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: 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