Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73239

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 recent steps she has taken to reduce the number of children living in poverty in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. It is unacceptable that in 2023/24 there were 5,866 children in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and...

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