Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107834
Health: Furniture Poverty
Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Question
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of furniture poverty on health outcomes.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe links between material deprivation and poorer mental and physical health are well recognised. As highlighted by the campaign ‘End Furniture Poverty’, furniture can be one of the most expensive items people can purchase, and living without essential it...
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