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Birth Rate: Poverty

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 16125

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial insecurity on birthrates.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office has made no recent assessments of the potential impact of financial insecurity on birthrates.

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