Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alexander Stafford and David Simmonds

Tuesday 9th May 2023 Commons Chamber

[Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley) (Con)]

7. What steps he is taking to support financially people on lower incomes.

[David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) (Con)]

15. What steps he is taking to support financially people on lower incomes.

[The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen)]

The Government are taking action to protect struggling families by providing support, worth £3,300 per household on average over this year and last, to help with higher bills. That includes targeted support for the most vulnerable in our society through additional cost of living payments and the uprating of benefits by 10.1% this year. The Government have also increased the national living wage by 9.7%, representing an increase of more than £1,600 in the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the national living wage.