Question follow-through · 99880

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of legally-binding child poverty reduction targets on cross-departmental coordination and prioritisation of resources.

answeredKirsty BlackmanDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of legally-binding child poverty reduction targets on cross-departmental coordination and prioritisation of resources.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...

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