Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 21 Mai 2024.
Stephen Morgan
Shadow Minister (Transport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in poverty.
Paul Maynard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Statistics on the number of pensioners living in absolute and relative poverty in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication in “table 1_6b” of “summary-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2022-23-tables” at Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab).
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No2 people think not
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