Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 17169
Children: Poverty
Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
Naushabah Khan
Labour — Gillingham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his department has made of trends in the level of child poverty in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency; and what steps his department is taking to reduce child poverty in that area.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStatistics on the number and proportion of children living in relative poverty, including in parliamentary constituencies, are published annually in the Children in low income families: local area statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childr...
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