Question follow-through · 33444
Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of housing poverty.
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
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of housing poverty.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
Poverty statistics are published on both a before housing costs and after housing costs basis. An assessment can therefore be made on the impact of housing costs on poverty over time. Statistics on the number of individuals living in absolute and relative...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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