Question follow-through · 3729

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to develop a strategy to end pensioner poverty.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 2 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 4 Sept 2024
Answer: 17 Sept 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to develop a strategy to end pensioner poverty.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
This Government takes pensioner poverty extremely seriously – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. The department continues to maximise opportunities to promote Pension Credit...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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