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Syria
Monday 13th January 2014

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The total figure for the fall in the number of workless households has been in the order of 17%. The position we inherited was that it had not fallen for 30 years and approximately 2.5 million children were living in such households. That number has fallen by several hundred thousand—a clear change and a clear improvement for the public and those going back to work.

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T5. Can the Secretary of State guarantee that there will be no further delays to his roll-out of universal credit?

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