Police: Newport West

(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on making an estimate of the number of (a) serving and (b) former police officers in Newport West constituency who are in food poverty as on 2 September 2022.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 20th September 2022

The Government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on essentials. Building on previously announced packages of support, in May we announced a significant additional cost of living support package targeted at those with the greatest need.

The Government has recently outlined a further substantial package of support. This support includes helping all domestic electricity customers in Great Britain cope with the impact of higher energy bills, with £400 off their bills from October through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

Furthermore we accepted in full the Police Remuneration Review Body’s recommendation to award a consolidated increase of £1,900 to all police officer ranks and pay points it will provide an uplift of up to 8.8%.

The Government has also introduced a Police Covenant, which recognises the service and sacrifice of current and former members of the police workforce. As part of this, we are focusing on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families.

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