Question follow-through · 908853
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle food poverty.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle food poverty.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. In the Good Food Cycle, published last July, we made improving access to healthy and affordable food, targeting costs that lead to food price inflation, and support...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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