Question follow-through · 59671
Health Services: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of new research by Trussell which found that the impact of (a) hunger and (b) hardship drives an additional £6.3 billion i
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jul 2025 · 46 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of new research by Trussell which found that the impact of (a) hunger and (b) hardship drives an additional £6.3 billion i
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government welcomes the Trussell report on the cost of hunger and hardship and recognises that poverty is a wider determinant of health. Under the Health Mission, the Government is committed to supporting people to stay healthier for longer, reducing ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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