Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71768

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of parental employment on levels of child poverty.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. We are exploring all available levers to drive forward short and long-term action across government to reduce child poverty, and we will publish a C...

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