Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39328
Poverty: Disability
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's green paper Pathways to work: reforming benefits and support to get Britain working, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact o
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe latest available statistics show that full-time work substantially reduces the chances of poverty. In 2022/23, working age adults living in families where no adults work were around 6 times more likely to be in relative poverty after housing costs, th...
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