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min answer › date of answer	2019-06-14
min date	2019-05-22
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld%2C Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
hansard heading	Poverty

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12/01/2024

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution at Prime Minister's Questions on 10 January 2024, Official Report, column 297, on what evidential basis he said that the number of people living in poverty has reduced by 1.7 million since 2010.

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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

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Stuart C McDonald

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is ministerial correction

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17/01/2024

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The latest available National statistics on Households Below Average Income covering 2021/22 are <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-income-hbai--2#latest-release" target="_blank">here</a>. These statistics show that there were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute low income after housing costs in 2021/22 compared to 2009/10, a 4 percentage-point decrease. This includes 400,000 children, 1 million working age individuals and 200,000 pensioners.

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Bury St Edmunds

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Jo Churchill

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17/01/2024 12:38:24

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