A question on #Poverty #Children tabled by Jim Shannon on 02-07-2025 has been answered by Alison McGovern.

Heading: Poverty: Children
Question ID: 1818802
UIN: 64443
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-02
Asking Member ID: 4131
Asking Member display name: Jim Shannon
Asking Member handle: jimshannonmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jimshannonmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle child poverty.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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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: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in autumn that will...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true