Question follow-through · 50365
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that consideration of (a) maternity pay and (b) pregnancy poverty are included in the work of the child poverty taskforce.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that consideration of (a) maternity pay and (b) pregnancy poverty are included in the work of the child poverty taskforce.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
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12 May 2025
Answer published
The Child Poverty Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom and is exploring all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The Taskforce is listening to experts and campa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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