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<p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out
in the annual "Households Below Average Income" publication. The number
and proportion of children in relative 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>Latest
3-year estimates for the North West of the proportion and number of children in low
income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk”
from this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p><p>Impact
Assessments of policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act of 2016 were published
in 2015. Evidence shows work is the best route out of poverty; nearly three-quarters
of children from workless families moved out of poverty when their parents entered
into full-time work. Children in workless households are five time more likely to
be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. Welfare reforms
are designed to incentivise parents to make the choice to move into and progress in
work.</p><p>This Government is committed to action that tackles the root causes of
poverty and disadvantage with policies that incentivise employment as the best route
out of poverty. In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out
a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This
includes nine national indicators to track progress in tackling the disadvantages
that affect families and children. Four of these measures are set out in primary legislation
which places a duty on the Government report annually to Parliament on the parental
worklessness and educational attainment indicators. Data on the non-statutory indicators
will also be published each year.</p>
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