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 McKinnell
Education 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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