Question follow-through · 45044

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Paying the Price of Child Poverty, published by Action for Children on 19 March 2025.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Paying the Price of Child Poverty, published by Action for Children on 19 March 2025.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    This Government values the insights provided by Action for Children and their recommendations have been noted.The Child Poverty Taskforce is continuing its urgent work and is exploring all available levers, including considering social security reforms, t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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