Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20273

Social Security Benefits: Reform

Tabled: 16 December 2024

Answered: 24 December 2024

Question

Apsana Begum

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of welfare reforms since 2010 on (a) poverty, (b) child poverty, (c) disabled people, (d) women, (e) people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and

Answer

Alison McGovern

In 2022/23 there were 1.3 million more people in relative low income after housing costs than in 2010/11. The 1.3 million increase comprises 700,000 children, 300,000 working age individuals and 300,000 pensioners. During this period, there was a gradual ...

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