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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-05more like thismore than 2018-02-05
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Children more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit freeze on trends in the level of child poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency Dundee West more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Law more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2018-02-05more like thismore than 2018-02-05
answer text <p>An Impact Assessment of the benefit freeze was published in 2015. Evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty. Children in workless households are five times more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. The Welfare Reforms such as the benefit freeze were designed to incentivise parents to choose to move into and progress in work.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-05T17:43:16.483Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-05T17:43:16.483Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Chris Law more like this