Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56133

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy will include (a) objectives and (b) targets beyond the initial 10-year framework to ensure sustained progress in reducing child poverty in (i) Harpenden an

Answer

Alison McGovern
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish its strategy as soon as possible and we are exploring all available levers to drive forwa...

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