Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Kim Leadbeater Excerpts
Wednesday 15th September 2021

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes. My hon. Friend is a great campaigner for the people of Penrith and The Border, and I can tell him that in addition to our support for 500 school-rebuilding projects in the next decade—we are doing 100 immediately—Cumbria County Council has been allocated £5.3 million for the financial year 2021-22 to improve buildings, including Ullswater Community College.

Kim Leadbeater Portrait Kim Leadbeater (Batley and Spen) (Lab)
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Does the Prime Minister agree that the impending cuts to universal credit will not just have a devastating financial impact on people, but lead to stress and anxiety and undoubtedly have a hugely detrimental effect on their mental health, which, on top of the pressures of the pandemic, could prove devastating for some?