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Written question asked by Baroness Curran (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 November 2014. It was answered by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Children: Poverty

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Scotland living in poverty in each year since 2010.

Answer

Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and has been reported since 1998/99. These estimates are available for each financial year up to 2012/13, the latest period for which estimates are available.

Average figures for three survey years have been combined for region and individual countries; this is because single year estimates are not considered to be sufficiently reliable for geographies at a lower level than the UK. The estimates for Scotland can be found below:

Estimated number (millions) and proportion of children in relative low income by country and region (Before Housing Costs)

Number (and percentage) of children in relative low income

2007/08 – 2009/10

0.2 million (20%)

2008/09 – 2010/11

0.2 million (19%)

2009/10 – 2011/12

0.2 million (17%)

2010/11 – 2012/13

0.2 million (17%)

(Source: HBAI 2012/13

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
213245
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Children Poverty Scotland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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