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901065

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research published by the TUC that estimated that the number of children growing up in poverty in working households will be one million higher in 2018 than in 2010; and how this compares to their own research.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL7709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The TUC figures estimate that an extra one million children in working families will be in relative low income in 2018/19 compared to 2009/10 on an after housing cost basis. During this period, there has been an increase in both the child population and the numbers of people in employment. The overall proportion of children in relative low income on an After Housing Cost basis was 30 per cent in both 2009/10 and 2016/17. This figure is not directly affected by both changes in the population and the increase in children in working families so provides a better assessment of what has happened since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, absolute low income measures, which assess living standards for low income households against inflation, show the proportion of children in absolute low income on an After Housing Costs basis fell from 28 per cent to 26 per cent between 2009/10 and 2016/17. Furthermore, the latest national statistics show the proportion of children in material deprivation and low income has never been lower. Both of these suggest the living standards of children in low income households have been improving in real terms over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Children in workless families are five times more likely to be in low income than those in working families demonstrating that work is the best route out of poverty. The number of people in employment has risen by three million since 2010. Increases in the National Living Wage and Tax Allowances have increased the incomes of working families. Around half of working people who are in low income are self- employed or work part time. Universal Credit has been designed to encourage people into work and to increase their earnings in order to improve their living standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 17/05/2018 15:00:31 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

782431

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the forecast made by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in October that child poverty will increase by 4 per cent in southern England, and by 8 per cent in the Midlands, Wales and the North; and whether they intend to take remedial action.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and our welfare and tax reforms are designed to support people into employment. Employment is at historically high levels and the number of children living in a family where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. <br></p><p>This Government is committed to action that will make a meaningful difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged children and families. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. A copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 13/11/2017 16:39:40 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL2854 Improving Lives - Helping Workless Families (web).pdf title Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

785836

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report, Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017–18 to 2021–22, what steps they will take to prevent the projected increase in the level of absolute child poverty.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL2984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and our welfare and tax reforms are designed to support people into employment. Employment is at historically high levels and the number of children living in a household where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. <br></p><p>This Government is committed to action that will make a meaningful difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged children and families. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. A copy of this report is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/11/2017 15:31:59 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL2984 improving-lives-helping-workless-families.pdf title Improving Lives - Helping Workless Families
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

802410

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for future advances in social mobility of the finding by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that almost 37 per cent of children will fall below the relative poverty line by 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL3943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and to make a real and lasting change to the lives of disadvantaged families and children. Our welfare and tax reforms are designed to incentivise employment and to support people to progress in work. Employment is now at near-record levels and the number of children living in a family where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not forecast estimates of low income, but the next HBAI publication for 2016/17 data has been <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201617" target="_blank">pre-announced</a> and will be published by the end of March 2018. The government is committed to continue to publish this series on an annual basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 13:55:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

856346

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the child population in the UK is below the poverty line.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Low income statistics are the indicators most often used as a proxy for estimating poverty. However we recognise the need to understand the complex issues that some families face and to develop a new approach to tackling poverty and engrained disadvantage. Because the root causes are not financial, our approach goes beyond the safety net our welfare system provides.</p><p>Estimates for the percentage of children in low income are set out in the annual “Households Below Average Income” (HBAI) publication. Latest estimates for the United Kingdom (2015/16) show the percentage of children in relative low income on a Before Housing Costs basis was 20%</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 19/03/2018 14:04:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

861330

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were living in absolute poverty in each year between 2010 and 2017; and how those figures were calculated.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Primarolo
	uin	HL6313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in absolute low income for the period 2009/10 to 2015/16 are available in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot;.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of children living in absolute low income before housing costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>m = a million</p><p>Figures for 2016/17 are due to be published on 22 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Absolute low income is calculated by taking the 60 per cent of median income threshold from 2010/11 and increasing this each year in line with inflation (using variants of the Consumer Price Index). This measure is designed to assess how the number of children in low income families compares with 2010/11 after taking account of inflation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/03/2018 12:50:07 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	217 label Biography information for Baroness Primarolo

861332

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were living in poverty in workless households in each year between 2010 and 2017 (1) before housing costs, and (2) after housing costs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Primarolo
	uin	HL6315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children living in relative low income, in workless households, before and after housing costs, for the period 2009/10 to 2015/16 have been calculated from figures published in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of children living in relative low income, in workless households</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Before Housing Costs</p></td><td><p>After Housing Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1.2m</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.0m</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td><td><p>1.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0.9m</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>0.9m</p></td><td><p>1.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.9m</p></td><td><p>1.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>m = a million</p><p>Figures for 2016/17 are due to be published on 22 March 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/03/2018 12:49:37 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	217 label Biography information for Baroness Primarolo

845382

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were living in poverty in working families in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL5582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children, in a family with at least one adult in work, in relative low income can be calculated from figures published in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of children living in relative low income before housing costs in a family with at least one adult in work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The increase is partly driven by more families being in employment. The number of children in a family with at least one adult in work has increased by 800,000 since 2009/10. The chances of a child being in relative low income (before housing costs) when living in a family with at least one adult in work was 15% in 2015/16, which is the same as before the financial crisis (e.g. 2007/08).</p><p> </p><p>This publication also shows that the chances of a child being in relative low income are diminished when work is the norm. The figures show that children in households where all adults work are five times less likely to be in relative low income before housing costs than children in workless households.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 06/03/2018 13:35:05 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

757324

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to improve the quality of life and future prospects for the four million children living in relative poverty in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL1309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to action that will make a lasting difference to the lives of disadvantaged children. This requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of child poverty and disadvantage. Work is key to alleviating poverty; children in workless households are five times more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. This Government’s policies to support and encourage work mean that there are 608,000 fewer children in workless households compared with 2010. <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 14/09/2017 11:15:32 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley