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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-06more like thismore than 2018-11-06
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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: Families more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Buscombe on 5 November (HL Deb, col 1581), what evidence informed her statement that the UK “provides more benefits for families than any other advanced nation”; and what measure of “benefits for families” was used. more like this
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-20more like thismore than 2018-11-20
answer text <p>The latest data shows that the UK spends 3.8 per cent of GDP on expenditure classified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as “family benefits”. This is more than any other country in the OECD.</p><p> </p><p>“Family benefits” include cash benefits, such as personal tax credits, Child Benefit; maternity benefits and child Disability Living Allowance; and benefits in kind covering child care and social services. They do not include other benefits that might be available to the claimant, such as Personal Independence Payment or Housing Benefit.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Buscombe more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-20T17:08:23.223Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-20T17:08:23.223Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett more like this