Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 24172
Children: Poverty
Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of school children that are in absolute poverty.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellEducation is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This government is committed to tackling child poverty as part of our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child. Child poverty has increased...
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