PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Poverty (19 May 2024)

Question Asked

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.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Answer

There are currently no plans to update the baseline year for absolute poverty.


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
21 May 2024

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