United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 61155
Pensioners: Poverty
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22 October 2021
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27 October 2021 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the numbers of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; what recent assessment
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22 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the numbers of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; what recent assessment
Source: Commons
27 October 2021
Answer
Since 2010, the Government has increased the full yearly value of the basic State Pension by over £2,050 in cash terms. The full basic State Pension in 2010 was £97.65 per week and is now £137.60 per week. There are now 200,000 fewer pensioners in absolut...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-22/61155
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1362545
- uk · wq-1362545 · source updated 27 October 2021