Question follow-through · 908863
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to food for people in poverty.
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- 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to food for people in poverty.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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27 Apr 2026
Answer published
While the right to food is not codified in UK domestic law, the Government is taking action to improve access to good, nutritious food. We have announced action to expand free school meals, support parents with the cost of healthy food in the school holid...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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