Question follow-through · 31308
Pensioners: Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of pensioners in financial poverty in Isle of Wight East constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of pensioners in financial poverty in Isle of Wight East constituency.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The last Labour Government lifted over one million pensioners out of poverty, and this Government, despite having to make the tough decisions to deal with our fiscal inheritance, remains committed to giving pensioners the security they deserve in retireme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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