Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45131

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 8 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of children who live in a working household who are in (a) absolute and (b) relative poverty after housing costs.

Answer

Alison McGovern

Statistics on the number of children in absolute and relative poverty after housing costs in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication at Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - G...

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