Question follow-through · 38780

Poverty: Ilford South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of poverty among children in Ilford South constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
24 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of poverty among children in Ilford South constituency.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Child Poverty Taskforce continues its urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy and is exploring all available levers across government to deliver an enduring reduction in child poverty in this parliament, as part of a 10-year Strategy for las...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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