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1717561

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date	13/05/2024
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 13 May 2024 to question number <a title="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-07/902774" href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-07/902774" target="_blank">902774</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/05/2024 15:12:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1717395

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	902774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty and supporting low-income families. We expect to spend around £306bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2024/25 including around £138bn on people of working age and children.</p><p> </p><p>From April, working age benefits increased by 6.7% and, Local Housing Allowance rates were raised to the 30th percentile of local market rents, benefiting 1.6 million low-income households.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/05/2024 16:29:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith