Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100999

Poverty: Northumberland

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of voluntary sector organisations in Northumberland expected to deliver services linked to the Child Poverty Strategy.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
We are strengthening our partnership with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) with our Civil Society Covenant. We recognise that the VCSE sector has a strong record of supporting families and is the bedrock of our communities, sho...

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