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<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>
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