Pensioners: Poverty
(asked on 2nd April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of pensioners living below the poverty line in 2024–25.
This question was answered on 11th April 2025
The Households below average income (HBAI) statistics contain estimates of the number and percentage of people living in low-income households in the UK. This is published by the Department annually. The latest data covers financial year ending 2024.
In financial year ending 2024, it is estimated that 1.9 million pensioners were in relative poverty after housing costs, and 1.6 million pensioners were in absolute poverty after housing costs.