Universal Credit: Glasgow North East

(asked on 7th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the roll-out of universal credit in Glasgow North East constituency will not result in an increase in child poverty.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 12th December 2017

Work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit supports parents to move into and progress in work, and raises the income of families.

Since 2010 the number of children growing up in households where no one works has fallen by half a million.

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