Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty in Bolton North East constituency.”
Tabled: 3 March 2026Answered: 9 March 2026
Asked by
Kirith Entwistle
Labour — Bolton North East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Dame Diana Johnson)
Under the last Government an additional 900,000 children became part of the child poverty statistics, but as a result of our Child Poverty Strategy, published in December, 550,000 will be lifted out of poverty by the end of the current Parliament—the largest number ever in a single Parliament. The removal of the two-child limit from April, for instance, could benefit about 4,710 children in my hon. Friend’s constituency.