Question follow-through · 50523
Social Security Benefits: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's estimate that there will be an additional 250,000 people in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029-30 as a result of modell
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's estimate that there will be an additional 250,000 people in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029-30 as a result of modell
12 May 2025
Target answer date
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12 May 2025
Answer published
The figure referred to does not take account of increased employment as a result of the Green Paper changes, or of other initiatives such as the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy. Further information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper wil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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