Poverty
Commons · Question 126938 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of financial hardship among people not eligible for support due to existing means-testing arrangements.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 21 Apr 2026
The department's headline poverty statistics, Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK show trends in income-based poverty back to 1994/95, including breakdowns regarding whether families are in receipt of means-tested benefits or not. T...