Question follow-through · 30427

Pensioners: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are considered to be in poverty in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
18 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are considered to be in poverty in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency level. Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are published annually in the Households Below Average...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is using AI software in responding to written parliamentary questions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motability: Costs

18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of overlap between the Motability scheme and claimants entitled to free school transport provided by local authorities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pensions

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees Ltd on the pension market.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pensions: Reviews

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a pensions adequacy review.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pensions: Reviews

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans a review into pension adequacy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Protection Fund

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Pension Protection Fund levy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Protection Fund

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to reform the Pension Protection Fund through the Pension Schemes Bill.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Security Benefits: Reform

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether her Department plans to publish statistics on the number of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Employment and Support Allowance: Unemployment Insurance

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what estimate she has made of number of claimants receiving contrib

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Access to Work Programme: Reform

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what criteria she plans to use to assess the effectiveness of a ref

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Disability: Equal Pay

24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what discussions she has had with employers on mandatory reporting