Question follow-through · 4821
Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward legislation to introduce target dates to eradicate poverty for vulnerable groups.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward legislation to introduce target dates to eradicate poverty for vulnerable groups.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2024
Answer published
We are committed to tackling poverty. As set out in our manifesto, good work will be the foundation of our approach for people of working age. Our New Deal for Working People, including ensuring that the minimum wage is a genuine living wage, along with r...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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