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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