Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77568

Poverty: Migrants

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025

Question

Kate Osamor

Labour (Co-op)Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in households impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds living in poverty.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
No such estimate has been made. In developing a Child Poverty Strategy, the Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom.