§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families with at least one child below the age of five years were living in poverty in(a) 1997, (b) 1999 and (c) 2001, defined as those living in households with below 60 per cent. of median income. [45287]
§ Malcolm WicksSuch information as is available is presented in the table.
Number of families with one or more children under five years of age, living in households with below 60 per cent. of contemporary
median household income
million Before housing costs After housing costs 1996–97 0.7 1.0 1997–98 0.6 0.9 1998–99 0.6 0.9 1999–2000 0.6 0.9 Notes:
1. All figures are estimates and are taken from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data set which is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), which does not include Northern Ireland. The latest period for which data are available is the financial year 1999–2000.
2. The estimates are sample counts, which have been adjusted for non-response using multipurpose grossing factors that control for tenure, council tax band and a number of other variables. Estimates are subject to both sampling error and to variability in non-response.
869WThe income measure used is weekly net (disposable) equivalised household income (that is to say income that is adjusted to reflect the composition of the household).
3. The estimates are presented on both a Before Housing Costs (BHC) and an After Housing Costs (AHC) basis in line with HBAI conventions.
Source:
FRS
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children in(a) 1997, (b) 1999 and (c) 2001 were living in households with an income below 60 per cent. of median. [45292]
§ Malcolm WicksSuch information as is available can be found in the Households Below Average Income 1994–95 to 1999–2000 National Statistics Press Release, a copy of which is available in the Library.