Question follow-through · 10083
Poverty: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland on support for families in relative poverty.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland on support for families in relative poverty.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish the child poverty strategy in the Spring. Officials have already held discussions with the Departmen...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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