Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 99645
Poverty
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the geographic distribution of deep material poverty across the UK.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Department does not hold data on the number of children in deep material poverty broken down by geographical region or constituency. Estimates are available for the number of children and households that are expected to gain from the removal of two-ch...
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