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777929

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date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 3 February 2017 to Question 62617, on food poverty, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people in work do not experience food poverty resulting in a reliance on food banks.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	109568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>We have a well established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans. During 2017/18 we will spend £95 billion on working age benefits. We are determined to make work pay and to support people into work whilst protecting the most vulnerable in society.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/10/2017 17:04:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

682444

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2017 to Question 58293, what steps his Department is taking to end food poverty and reliance on food banks.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>It is widely acknowledged that the reasons why people use food banks are complex and overlapping. It is misleading to link them to any particular cause.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s approach has been about recognising the value and importance of work, to make work pay and to support people into work whilst protecting the most vulnerable in society.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring that those in work are paid a fair wage; have opportunities to progress and achieve their potential. We are getting people into employment and working to change attitudes, introducing reforms to make sure that work always pays.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/02/2017 13:08:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

661814

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of recent trends in the level of food poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	58293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government measures poverty using information from the Household Below Average Income Survey. The survey from 2014/15 shows that:</p><ul><li>Average incomes have grown in 2015 (2014/15) at their fastest rate since 2002 (2001/02).</li><li>Since 2010 (2009/10) there are:</li></ul><p> </p><p>o 100,000 fewer children in relative poverty;</p><p>o 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The latest survey can be accessed from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201415" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201415</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/01/2017 12:46:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 28989 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis