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<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>
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