Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by John Howell (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 on behalf of the Treasury.
Tax Credits
- Question
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Is my hon. Friend aware of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report on living standards showing that living standards are back to where they were before Labour’s great recession? Does this not help the very people she has mentioned?
- Answer
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Yes, my hon. Friend is exactly right. The IFS report also showed that 200,000 fewer people were in relative poverty in 2014-15 compared with 2009-10, including 100,000 children, and that since 2010 the number of children under 16 in workless households had fallen by about 390,000, taking it to the lowest level since records began. That is very good news.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 594 c137
- Session
- 2014-15
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Economic growth
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