Question follow-through · 77568
Poverty: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in households impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds living in poverty.
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
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in households impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds living in poverty.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
No such estimate has been made. In developing a Child Poverty Strategy, the Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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