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Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Monday 21st November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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The IFS’s projections are for the IFS to explain, but I can give the hon. Gentleman the facts: the proportion of people living in relative poverty is near its lowest level for more than 30 years; and, since 2010, 300,000 fewer people, 100,000 fewer working-age adults, and 100,000 fewer children are in poverty. The whole House should welcome those figures.

Gordon Henderson Portrait Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con)
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T7. What are the Government doing to ensure that there is a whole-system approach to viewing work as a health outcome?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I point my hon. Friend towards the joint Department of Health and DWP Green Paper that we have just published. It represents a key opportunity. If we want to, it is early enough in this Parliament to reform things such as the work capability assessment to ensure that support—whether from our services or from healthcare—gets to the people who need it.

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