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legislature › pref label	House of Lords
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
uin	HL3956

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18/04/2024

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Pensioners: Poverty

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25277

pref label	House of Lords

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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Fabian Society report When I'm 64: A strategy to tackle poverty before state pension age, published on 17 April, which found that the number of people aged between 60 and the state pension age living in poverty increased by 140 per cent between 2010 and 2022, how many people currently aged over 60 and not yet eligible for the state pension are living in poverty.

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The Marquess of Lothian

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HL3956

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is ministerial correction

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01/05/2024

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The latest statistics show that in 2022/23, 20% (0.9m) of individuals aged over 60 and not yet eligible for the state pension were living in absolute poverty after housing costs. Statistics on the number of individuals living in absolute and relative poverty in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023" target="_blank">Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>. The latest available data with age breakdowns can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. The latest statistics published on 21 March 2024 are for the financial period 2022/23.

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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01/05/2024 13:15:12

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label	Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie

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label	Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian