Question follow-through · 8303

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of child poverty linked to the cost of living crisis in Redditch.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
19 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of child poverty linked to the cost of living crisis in Redditch.

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is working to address cost-of-living pressures facing families across the country through targeted measures including raising the minimum wage for workers aged 21 and over, which increased by 4.1 per cent to £12.71 an hour. The removal of t...

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