Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 111808
Poverty: Children and Pensioners
Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in (a) pensioner poverty and (b) child poverty across the UK.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStatistics on the number of pensioners living in absolute and relative poverty in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication, the latest available being Households below average income: for financial years ending 19...
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