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Pensioners: Poverty

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 January 2025UIN 24306

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners in poverty in winter (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.

Answered by Torsten Bell

Statistics on the number of people living in relative and absolute poverty both before and after housing costs are produced on an annual basis and published in the Households Below Average Income statistics.

The latest available data covers financial year ending 2023, and is published by the Department here Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK

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