Question follow-through · 17836
Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle poverty for people on low incomes; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty to progressively reduce levels of
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle poverty for people on low incomes; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty to progressively reduce levels of
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2024
Answer published
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 December to PQ17569 in relation to poverty and living standards.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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