Question follow-through · 11802
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty in Gloucester.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty in Gloucester.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 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 Spring 2025. Our publication on 23 October ‘Tackling Child Poverty: De...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
State Retirement Pensions
4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average increase in the State Pension in each of the next five years.
Household Support Fund: Gloucester
4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of the Household Support Fund in 2025-26 on low-income households in Gloucester.
Universal Credit: Gloucester
14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people receiving Universal Credit have adequate support for accessing (a) employment opportunities and (b) training in Gloucester.
Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help with the work of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Tackling Homelessness and Rough Sleeping.
Employment: Gloucester
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support (a) parents and (b) single parents to access employment in Gloucester.
Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider removing the charges for the Child Maintenance Service's collect pay service.
Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle and identify economic abuse in the welfare system to support victims and survivors.
Employment Schemes: Gloucester
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to get young people into work in Gloucester constituency.
Unemployment: Young People
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16 to 24 in Gloucester constituency are not in employment, education or training.
Apprentices: Gloucester
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people starting Apprenticeships in Gloucester constituency in the last year.