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Pensioners: Poverty

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 28 November 2024UIN 15365

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners per constituency in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.

Answered by Emma Reynolds

Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency level.

Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty at regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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