| Heading: |
Pension Credit |
| Question ID: |
1727053 |
| UIN: |
3954 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3935 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mel Stride
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| Asking Member handle: |
meljstride
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@meljstride
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners were living in (a) relative poverty after housing costs and (b) absolute poverty after housing costs were in receipt of Pension Credit in the latest period for |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2024-09-09 |
| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
For the latest year 2022/23, 1.9 million pensioners were in relative poverty after housing costs (AHC) in the UK. Of these, 300,000 pensioners were in receipt of Pension Credit, approximately 15%. A household is in relative poverty if its income is less t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |