Question follow-through · 125813
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce rates of child poverty in working families in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce rates of child poverty in working families in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The latest statistics for 2024/25 show that over seven in ten children in poverty are in working families. ‘Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty’, published in December 2025, sets out Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty, includin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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