| Heading: |
Poverty |
| Question ID: |
1822317 |
| UIN: |
67157 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4828 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paula Barker
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paula Barker
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing legally-binding poverty reduction targets. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
This Government is committed to tackling Child Poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious child poverty strategy which we will publish in the autumn. The Taskforce will continue to explore all available levers to drive forward shor... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |