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Poverty: Somerset

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 43245

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Spring Statement 2025 on the number of benefit claimants at risk of poverty in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.

Answered by Alison McGovern

The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts.

An assessment of the poverty impacts of the reforms is not available at the constituency or local authority area level.

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