Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81676
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the social security system provides (a) supportive and (b) compassionate services for people experiencing (i) poverty and (ii) hardship.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThis Government believes that the best way of helping people experiencing poverty and hardship is through a system that supports them into good work wherever possible. Through the proposals in our Get Britain Working White Paper we will deliver the bigges...
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