Question follow-through · 21923
Food: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the level of dependence on emergency food parcels.
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
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the level of dependence on emergency food parcels.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. On 30 July, the Secretary of State held a food poverty roundtable with key food poverty stakeholders to understand the key priorities in this area. We know that g...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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