Question follow-through · 39840
Cost of Living: Low Incomes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) low and (b) middle-income households with the cost of living.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) low and (b) middle-income households with the cost of living.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Living standards, as measured by Real Household Disposable Income per capita, are expected to increase by an annual average of 0.5% over this parliament (Q3 2024 – Q2 2029). This is in stark contrast to the previous parliament which was the worst for livi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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