Mainly UK interest but evidence that government action can cut child poverty.
Paul
Paul Bywaters
Professor of Social Work, Coventry University
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FYI - the latest release of the HBAI statistics (UK's poverty statistics)
shows that between 1999 and 2010 the number of children suffering from
relative poverty (after allowing for housing costs) fell by almost one
million (from 4.3 million to 3.6 million)
Unfortunately, this progress in reducing child poverty is likely to have
stalled and then reversed since the election of the ConDem government and
the implementation of their policies.
Regards
David Gordon
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Date: 14 June 2012 09:47 +0100
From: Johnson George PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IGSD
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Subject: Households Below Average Income 1884/95 - 2010/11
The above report has been published today and is available at
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=hbai.
Regards.
George
George Johnson
Household Below Average Income Team | Department for Work and Pensions |
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The key points from the latest release are:
'RELATIVE' LOW-INCOME INDICATORS
Children - In 2010/11, 18 per cent of children (2.3 million) were in
households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median
net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 27 per cent
(3.6 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 2 percentage
points (0.3m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 2 percentage points (0.2m) AHC.
Compared to 1998/99, this represents a fall of 9 percentage
points (1.1m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 7 percentage points (0.9m) AHC.
Working-age adults - In 2010/11, 15 per cent of working-age adults (5.5
million) were in households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of
contemporary median net disposable household income Before Housing Costs
(BHC), and 21 per cent (7.8 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 1 percentage
point (0.2m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 1 percentage point (0.1m) AHC.
Compared to 1998/99, this represents a rise of 1 percentage
point (0.5m) on a BHC basis and a rise of 2 percentage points (1.1m) AHC.
Pensioners - In 2010/11, 17 per cent of pensioners (2.0 million) were in
households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median
net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 14 per cent
(1.7 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 1 percentage
point (no change in numbers) on a BHC basis and a fall of 1 percentage
point (0.1m) AHC.
Compared to 1998/99, this represents a fall of 9 percentage
points (0.7m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 14 percentage points (1.3m) AHC.
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Dave Gordon
Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
University of Bristol
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
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