Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 24306

Pensioners: Poverty

Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners in poverty in winter (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Statistics on the number of people living in relative and absolute poverty both before and after housing costs are produced on an annual basis and published in the Households Below Average Income statistics. The latest available data covers financial year...
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