| Heading: |
Pensioners: Poverty |
| Question ID: |
1791951 |
| UIN: |
HL6515 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4885 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Sikka
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| Asking Member handle: |
premnsikka
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@premnsikka
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of pensioners living below the poverty line in 2024–25. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
The Households below average income (HBAI) statistics contain estimates of the number and percentage of people living in low-income households in the UK. This is published by the Department annually. The latest data covers financial year ending 2024. In f... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |