Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 802

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 19 July 2024
Answered: 24 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed child poverty strategy will examine the potential impact of (a) trends in the use of food bank usage and (b) the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on levels of childhood poverty.

Answer

Alison McGovern
We are committed to tackling child poverty and ending the mass dependence on emergency food parcels. The new Ministerial Taskforce will drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy ...

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