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Food Insecurity Bill 2017-19

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As a result of my Food Insecurity Bill, the family resources survey now reports on food insecurity. The survey found that one of the key reasons, even pre-pandemic, that people could not afford to eat was that benefits were grossly inadequate. Does the Secretary of State think that the pitiful 3.1% increase in benefits, when inflation will peak at 8%, is going to make people more or less able to afford to eat?

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Emma Lewell (Labour)
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Department for Work and Pensions
Topical questions - Supplementary
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Date
21 March 2022
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711 c21
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House of Commons

The uprating was in line with inflation in the way that it has been calculated since 1987, but additional support is available, through the three-part plan that the Chancellor set out to tackle energy costs and through the household support fund.

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David Rutley (Conservative)
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Department for Work and Pensions
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Oral answers to questions
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21 March 2022
Reference
711 c21
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House of Commons