Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 22 May 2024.
Alison McGovern
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24903 on Poverty, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the baseline year for absolute poverty.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
There are currently no plans to update the baseline year for absolute poverty.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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