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.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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
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.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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