Food and Fuel: Prices
(asked on 25th September 2019) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Operaton Yellowhammer HMG reasonable worst case planning assumptions chapter 17, what steps his Department is taking to protect low income groups from price rises in food and fuel.
Answered by
Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
This question was answered on 30th September 2019
HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people from price rises in food and fuel.
Furthermore, officials estimate the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and this is a central consideration when allocating public funds.