Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80835

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative data his Department holds on rates of (a) child poverty and (b) homelessness in (i) West Dorset, (ii) Dorset, (iii) the South West and (iv) England.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Statistics on the number of children living in absolute and relative poverty in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication, the latest available being  Households below average income: for financial years ending 199...

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