Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Francis and Diana Johnson

Monday 26th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dame Diana Johnson]

As I said, we lifted the two-child limit in the child poverty strategy. We know that will lift about 450,000 children out of poverty. Combined with all the other measures that we have set out, including on free school meals and so on, we think that about 550,000 children will be lifted out of poverty. That is against the backdrop of the 900,000 children who went into poverty during the time of the Conservative Governments from 2010 onwards. Of course, we speak all the time to the Scottish Government, and we will continue to have conversations about how we can deal with child poverty.

[Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Lab)]

11. What steps he is taking to help support young disabled people into work.