§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Hamilton, South(Mr. Tynan) of 24 January 2002,Official Report, column 980W, on child poverty, if he will set out the assumptions behind the statement that there are 1.2 million fewer children in poverty than there were in 1997. [33605]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAs a result of personal tax and benefit measures announced in the last Parliament there are now 1.2 million fewer children living in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of the median (after housing costs) than there otherwise would have been.