Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 120990

Food Poverty: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce food poverty in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Our plan to Make Work Pay is part of the mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country and create opportunities for all. This is why we committed in our manifesto to ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. The Government...

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