Question follow-through · 72801

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 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 9.5% of children in Surrey Heath constituency are in relative poverty (before hou...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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