Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 908853

Food Poverty

Tabled: 21 April 2026
Answered: 27 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Afzal Khan

LabourManchester Rusholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle food poverty.

Answer

Andrew Western
We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. In the Good Food Cycle, published last July, we made improving access to healthy and affordable food, targeting costs that lead to food price inflation, and support...

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