HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 c347W
Hugh Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children(a)in England and (b)in each English region there were in households with income below half of the national average (i) before housing costs and (ii) after housing costs in each year since 1994–95. [148810]

Mr. Pond

The latest available information relating to the financial year 2001–02 can be found in the publication 'Households Below Average Income 1994–05 to 2001–02', a copy of which is available in the Library.

Year-on-year comparisons of this information at a regional level are not advisable as changes are likely to be small in relation to sampling variation. Results for English regions are presented as percentages of children, not numbers; this is because the data does not provide robust estimates of numbers at this level.