Question follow-through · 905737
Poverty
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help tackle poverty.
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- Answering body
- Church Commissioners
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help tackle poverty.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2025
Answer published
Church of England churches are involved in over 30,000 social action projects, hosting food banks, breakfast clubs, and much more besides. The Lords Spiritual continue to use their place in the House of Lords to raise concerns about poverty, and have long...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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