§ 22. Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what progress is being made to combat pensioner poverty. [154880]
§ Mr. RookerI refer my right hon. Friend to my oral reply to our hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes, North-East (Mr. White), at column 20.
§ 37. Mr. ForthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on pensioner poverty. [154896]
§ Mr. RookerOur record speaks volumes. Around two million of the poorest pensioner households are now at least £15 a week, or £800 a year, better off in real terms as a result of Government measures since 1997. That's a real terms rise in living standards of at least 17 per cent.