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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-02more like thismore than 2015-06-02
answering body
Scotland Office more like this
answering dept id 2 more like this
answering dept short name Scotland more like this
answering dept sort name Scotland more like this
hansard heading Welfare State: Scotland remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in welfare spending on child poverty in Scotland. more like this
tabling member constituency Stretford and Urmston remove filter
tabling member printed
Kate Green more like this
uin 900163 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-10more like thismore than 2015-06-10
answer text <p>As a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, we estimate around 3.2 million households across the UK will be better off and up to 300,000 more people will enter work due to improved financial incentives.</p><p>Based on the latest available statistics, the level of relative child poverty in Scotland has fallen by 12 percentage points since records began in the mid-1990s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale more like this
answering member printed David Mundell more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-10T14:50:18.75Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-10T14:50:18.75Z
answering member
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label Biography information for David Mundell more like this
tabling member
4120
label Biography information for Kate Green more like this