Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 25668

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 22 January 2025

Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Ian Lavery

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Northumberland, (b) the North East and (c) nationally in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

Answer

Alison McGovern

In 2022/23 in Northumberland there were 10,858 children living in relative poverty before housing costs. Figures on an after housing costs basis are not available below region level. Source: Children in Low Income Families statisticsIn 2022/23 in the Nort...

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