Question follow-through · 100994

Poverty: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the proportion of low income households in the North East impacted by changes to income- related thresholds outlined in the Child Poverty Strategy.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
8 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the proportion of low income households in the North East impacted by changes to income- related thresholds outlined in the Child Poverty Strategy.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Estimates are available for the number of children and households that are expected to gain from the removal of two-child limit at constituency level here Poverty impacts of social security changes at Budget 2025 - GOV.UK. The Department does not hold dat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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