Question follow-through · 123458
Better Futures Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made assessed the risk that the Better Futures Fund will deliver short-term measurable outcomes without addressing the underlying structural causes of child poverty.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made assessed the risk that the Better Futures Fund will deliver short-term measurable outcomes without addressing the underlying structural causes of child poverty.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
DCMS is currently in the design stages of the Better Futures Fund and is currently consulting with Mayoral Strategic Authorities to assess their capacity for participation in delivery. We anticipate large-scale participation in social outcomes partnership...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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