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1138379

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has been made of the number of children living in poverty that have at least one parent in work.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	276232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in low income households are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. The latest statistics show that 1.7m children in households where at least one adult works are in 'before housing cost absolute poverty', and 2.5m are in 'after housing cost absolute poverty'.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics can be found using the link below, in table 4.20ts, in the file “children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2017-18-tables”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/07/2019 12:30:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1138380

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the increase in the gig economy on levels of child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	276233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on child poverty are published annually in the “Households Before Average Income” publication. These statistics do not separate households based on their employment in the gig economy and therefore do not make an assessment of the effect of the gig economy on levels of child poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 18 percent of children are in 'before housing costs absolute poverty' and 26 percent of children are in after housing costs absolute poverty. 'Before housing cost absolute poverty' is down by 1 percentage point since 2009/10 and after housing costs absolute poverty is down by 2 percentage points since 2009/10. The number of children in 'before housing cost absolute poverty' is unchanged since 2009/10 and has fallen by 100,000 for after housing cost absolute poverty.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics can be found using the link below, in table 4.2ts, in the file “children-rends-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718</a></p><p> </p><p>Advances in technology and the rise of the gig economy have increased opportunities for people to work more flexibly. While we welcome these opportunities, they cannot be at the expense of workers’ rights. That is why the Prime Minister commissioned Matthew Taylor to undertake his review of Modern Working Practices, and why the Government is taking the decisive action set out in the Good Work Plan to address his recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/07/2019 12:39:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1172197

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in Worsley and Eccles South constituency were categorised under section 4 (a) (1)(a), (b) (1)(b), (c) (1)(c) and (d) (1)(d) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 in each of the last four calendar years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	6048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>National Statistics on the percentage of children in low income households (relating to Section 4(a) 1(a) and 1(c) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016) are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Statistics for the percentage of children in low income households is not available at constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography. Statistics for the North West region can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718</a>, “children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2017-18-tables” in tables 4.16ts (for relative low income, before and after housing costs) and 4.22ts (for absolute low income, before and after housing costs)</p><p> </p><p>Data for the percentage of children in low income and material deprivation (relating to Section 4(a) 1(b) of the Act) is not available at constituency level in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Statistics for the United Kingdom are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718</a>, “children-trends-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables” in table 4.5tr.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental Statistics on the percentage of children in persistent low income (relating to Section 4(a) 1(d) of the Act) are published annually in the “Income Dynamics” publication. Statistics for the percentage of children in persistent low income households is not available at constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography. Statistics for the North West region can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-dynamics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-dynamics-2016-to-2017</a> in table 3.2p (on a before housing costs basis) and table 3.8p (on an after housing costs basis).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/01/2020 17:57:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1225585

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assess whether there has been an increase in the number of children living in poverty due to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	75331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>We understand that this is a difficult time for people on low incomes and we’ve taken significant action to support those affected by coronavirus, including through income protection schemes, mortgage holidays and additional support for renters. For those most in need we’ve injected more than £9 billion into the welfare system, which includes an increase to Universal Credit of up to £1,040 this financial year. These policies implemented in response to the outbreak have made a huge difference, particularly to those with low incomes.</p><p> </p><p>This was shown in HMT’s recently published distributional analysis about the Impact of covid-19 on working household incomes. This publication shows that the lowest income decile of working households has seen no fall in income due to Government measures that have been put in place. This is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-covid-19-on-working-household-incomes-distributional-analysis-as-of-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-covid-19-on-working-household-incomes-distributional-analysis-as-of-may-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/07/2020 14:48:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1317034

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2021
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the £20 uplift in universal credit on levels of child poverty in (a) England and (b) Wansbeck.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	5195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, including by increasing the living wage, and by spending an estimated £112 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2020/21. This included around £7.4 billion of Covid-related welfare policy measures.</p><p> </p><p>We introduced our Covid Winter Grant Scheme providing funding to Local Authorities in England to help the most vulnerable children and families stay warm and well fed during the coldest months. It will now until June as the Covid Local Support Grant, with a total investment of £269m.</p><p> </p><p>As the economy recovers, our ambition is to help people move into and progress in work as quickly as possible based on clear evidence around the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. We are investing over £30 billion in our ambitious Plan for Jobs which is already delivering for people of all ages right across the country.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4737 5251 6168 6212 question first answered 27/05/2021 13:17:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1173555

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children lived in (a) poverty and (b) extreme poverty in (i) the North West, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Wallasey in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	8151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The tables below provide estimates of the number of children in the North West living in households where equivalised income is a) below 60% of median income and b) below 50% of median income. Information is only available for regions on an average of three financial years as the sample sizes in the survey used to collect income data are not large enough to provide robust single year estimates. Estimates for geographical areas that are smaller than regions are not possible due to sample sizes so it is not possible to provide estimates for Merseyside and Wallasey.</p><p> </p><p>Relative low income sets a threshold as a proportion of the UK average (median) income and moves as average income changes over time. Absolute low income takes the 60 per cent of median income threshold from 2010/11 and moves this in line with inflation. This is designed to assess how low incomes are faring with reference to inflation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number (millions) of children living in households with equivalised income below 60% of median income in the North West</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>3 year average</p></td><td><p>Relative Low Income (Before Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Relative Low Income (After Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Absolute Low Income (Before Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Absolute Low Income (After Housing Costs)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 to 2017/18</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 to 2016/17</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 to 2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 to 2014/15</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07 to 2008/09</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Number (millions) of children living in households with equivalised income below 50% of median income in the North West</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>3 year average</p></td><td><p>Relative Low Income (Before Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Relative Low Income (After Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Absolute Low Income (Before Housing Costs)</p></td><td><p>Absolute Low Income (After Housing Costs)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 to 2017/18</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 to 2016/17</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 to 2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 to 2014/15</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07 to 2008/09</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 0.1million children</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/01/2020 18:07:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1130743

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty (a) before and (b) after housing costs have been taken into account in each local authority in Wales in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	261483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people in relative and absolute low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p>3-year estimates for the proportion of children in before and after housing cost low income in the Wales region are available using the link below, in the file “children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p><p>Table 4.16ts shows child relative low income estimates and table 4.22ts shows child absolute low income estimates.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/06/2019 11:56:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1130744

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of housing costs on the level of child poverty; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	261484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department looks at rates of child poverty both before and after housing costs. Absolute child poverty after housing costs has reduced from 28% in 2009/10 to 26% in 2017/18. However, this is higher than the absolute child poverty rate before housing costs which was 18% in 2017/18, suggesting that housing costs have an effect on rates of children in low income households.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/06/2019 15:43:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1237842

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Action for Children’s report, Childhood during coronavirus: protecting children from the effects of poverty, published in September 2020, what plans she has to implement a UK-wide child poverty strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	95624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Our recent focus has been on supporting people financially during these unprecedented times. We have injected more than £9 billion into the welfare system in response to Covid-19, increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for this financial year. Our overall ambition is unchanged. We plan to tackle child poverty through our welfare system which works with the labour market to encourage parents to move into, and progress in work, wherever possible.</p><p>Our approach is based on clear evidence that work, particularly where it is full-time, substantially reduces the risks of poverty. The most recent data showed that there was only a 3% chance of children being in absolute poverty (before housing costs) if both parents worked full-time, compared with 47% where one or more parents in a couple was in part-time work. To support economic recovery, the Chancellor recently announced a £30 billion Plan for Jobs to protect, support and create jobs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/09/2020 16:51:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1311415

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to bring forward further legislative proposals to help tackle child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	185883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:37:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon