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Means-tested Benefits: Take-up

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 42703

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of means-tested benefits among households with children in poverty.

Answered by Alison McGovern

I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 27 March 2025 to question UIN 41344.

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