Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to reduce the number of children living in poverty in London.

This Government is committed to a sustainable solution to poverty so that we improve children’s long-term outcomes. This means a strong economy and a benefit system that supports employment and higher pay. Children in households where all adults are working are around 5 times less likely to be in poverty than those in workless households. Compared to 2010, there are 1 million fewer workless households and 665,000 fewer children in workless households.