United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2197
Welfare Assistance Schemes
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17 May 2021
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24 May 2021 · Answer
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24 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK welfare system provides people with enough funds to access (a) food and (b) other essential supplies.
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17 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK welfare system provides people with enough funds to access (a) food and (b) other essential supplies.
Source: Commons
24 May 2021
Answer
This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, including by increasing the living wage, and by spending an estimated £112 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2020/21. This included around £7.4 billion of Covid-...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-17/2197
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1315209
- uk · wq-1315209 · source updated 24 May 2021