Question follow-through · 55525

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty in Battersea constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty in Battersea constituency.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish its strategy as soon as possible. We are exploring all available levers to drive forward ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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