Question follow-through · 905413

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    No child should be in poverty, and we are determined to ensure a better start for every child in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where nearly a quarter are in relative poverty. Ahead of our Child Poverty Strategy, we have tripled our investment in breakfast clubs t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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