Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 33444

Poverty

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of housing poverty.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Poverty statistics are published on both a before housing costs and after housing costs basis. An assessment can therefore be made on the impact of housing costs on poverty over time. Statistics on the number of individuals living in absolute and relative...
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