Question follow-through · 18832

Poverty: Kirklees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the number of people dying in poverty in Kirklees.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
13 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the number of people dying in poverty in Kirklees.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Department has noted the recommendations made in the report, and values Marie Curie as a key stakeholder which engages with us constructively in this area. The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benef...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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