Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 99789

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 15 December 2025

Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National Party — Aberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure ministerial accountability to Parliament for progress on child poverty reduction.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

We want to see an enduring reduction in child poverty over this parliament as part of long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change.The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluat...

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