Question follow-through · 67287
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. It is unacceptable that there are almost 2500 children in relative poverty (before housing costs) in Nort...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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