Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 902511
Poverty: Children
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Darren Paffey
Labour — Southampton Itchen
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of parental employment on child poverty.
Answer
Liz KendallThe Child Poverty Action Group estimates 38% of children in My Hon Friend’s constituency are now growing up in povertyIncreasing the employment rate for lone parents, and increasing the number of second earners in couples, is absolutely crucial to tacklin...
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