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Commons · Question 3722 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of estimates of the number of deaths in cold housing.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 16 Sep 2024

The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives and reducing p...