Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on levels of in-work poverty; and what steps the Government is taking to mitigate that impact.

The latest available statistics for in-work poverty are for 2019/20.

The Treasury published distributional analysis which shows that the full package of measures announced on May 26th is well targeted at households on low incomes.

• Households (in England) who are in the bottom 10% of the income distribution will receive support worth the equivalent of around 7 percentage of their net income (£800 in cash terms) in 2022/23 as a result of these measures.

• Those on average incomes will receive support worth between 1 and 2 percent of net income increases (around £500 in cash terms).