Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 126938

Poverty

Tabled: 13 April 2026

Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of financial hardship among people not eligible for support due to existing means-testing arrangements.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The department's headline poverty statistics, Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK show trends in income-based poverty back to 1994/95, including breakdowns regarding whether families are in receipt of means-tested benefits or not. T...

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