Question follow-through · 55905

Poverty: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support the 2,198 children under the age of 16 living in relative poverty in Woking 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

30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support the 2,198 children under the age of 16 living in relative poverty in Woking constituency.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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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