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1719229

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24903 on Poverty, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the baseline year for absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	27026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to update the baseline year for absolute poverty.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/05/2024 15:15:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1717561

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 13 May 2024 to question number <a title="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-07/902774" href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-07/902774" target="_blank">902774</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/05/2024 15:12:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1716006

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to update the baseline year for absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	24903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to update the baseline for absolute poverty.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/05/2024 10:40:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1717395

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	902774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty and supporting low-income families. We expect to spend around £306bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2024/25 including around £138bn on people of working age and children.</p><p> </p><p>From April, working age benefits increased by 6.7% and, Local Housing Allowance rates were raised to the 30th percentile of local market rents, benefiting 1.6 million low-income households.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/05/2024 16:29:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1714962

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his fiscal policies of the report by Oxfam International entitled Inequality Inc., published on 15 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	24190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Distributional analysis published at Spring Budget 2024 shows that the overall level of public spending received and tax paid by households continues to be highly redistributive.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has mechanisms for taxing wealth across many different economic activities, including acquisition, holding, transfer and disposal of assets and income derived from assets. The UK also has a progressive income tax system – the top 5% of taxpayers were projected to pay nearly half of all income tax in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/05/2024 10:32:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1701842

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the main causes of poverty in (a) children, (b) pensioners and (c) adults.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Poverty is a complex subject and there are different ways to measure and assess it.</p><p> </p><p>DWP tracks and monitors many different aspects of poverty, including our four statutory measures for children of relative income, absolute income, combined low income and material deprivation and persistent poverty that are published annually.</p><p> </p><p>National statistics on the number of individuals living in absolute and relative poverty 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)www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a><strong>. </strong>The latest statistics published on 21 March 2024 are for the financial period 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/04/2024 13:26:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1682164

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the UK's commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 1, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of people living in poverty by more than half by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	9592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government has overseen significant falls in absolute poverty since 2009/10. There were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute low income after housing costs in 2021/22 compared to 2009/10, a decrease of 4 percentage points. This decrease includes 400,000 fewer children (a decrease of 5 percentage points), 1 million fewer working age individuals (a decrease of 5 percentage points) and 200,000 fewer pensioners (a decrease of 2 percentage points).</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty and supporting low-income families. This is reflected in the £276bn we will spend through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24, including around £124bn on people of working age and children, and reflecting an increase in benefit rates and State Pensions of 10.1% last April. From this April, and subject to Parliamentary approval, working age benefits will rise by a further 6.7%, in line with inflation. The increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rates will give further help to 1.6 million low-income households.</p><p>With over 900,000 job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting individuals to move into and progress in work. This approach is based on clear evidence about the important role that work - particularly where it is full-time – can play in reducing the risks of poverty. The latest statistics show that, in 2021/22, working age adults living in workless families were 7 times more likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than working age adults in families where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, our core Jobcentre offer provides a range of options, including face-to-face time with work coaches and interview assistance. In addition, there is specific support targeted towards young people, people aged 50 plus and job seekers with disabilities or health issues.</p><p> </p><p>To support those who are in work, the voluntary in-work progression offer is now available in all Jobcentres across Great Britain, providing an estimated 1.2 million low paid workers on UC access to personalised work coach support to help them increase their earnings. In addition, on 1 April 2024, the Government will increase the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 years and over by 9.8% to £11.44 representing an increase of over £1,800 to the gross annual earnings of a full-time worker on the NLW.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/01/2024 14:47:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1681787

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	9350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>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>.</p><p> </p><p>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.<strong> </strong>This includes 400,000 children, 1 million working age individuals and 200,000 pensioners. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2024 12:38:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1672713

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition his Department uses of (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>In line with government standards, HM Treasury commonly refers to the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) definitions of poverty as outlined in the Household Below Average Income (HBAI) publications.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/11/2023 15:58:00 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599380

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide support to people for (a) food and (b) energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	153820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials engage extensively across Government to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting people on low incomes and will continue to do so in the future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In April, we are uprating benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions, the benefit cap levels are also increasing by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>To further support those who are in work, from 1 April 2023 subject to parliamentary approval, the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, for 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments of around £300 each across the 2023/24 financial year. A separate £300 payment will be made to pensioner households on top of their Winter Fuel Payments and individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will receive a £150 payment. Further to this, the Energy Price Guarantee will be extended from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, meaning a typical household bill will be around £3,000 per year in Great Britain.</p><p /><p>The Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows Local Authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the significantly rising cost of living. The guidance for Local Authorities for this next iteration has now been published and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/1-april-2023-to-31-march-2024-household-support-fund-guidance-for-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024: Household Support Fund guidance for county councils and unitary authorities in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The Devolved Administrations will receive consequential funding as usual to spend at their discretion.</p><p> </p><p>This support is in addition to that provided in 2022/23, including cost of living payments for people on eligible benefits, the Household Support Fund, the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/03/2023 16:00:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight