Poverty: Telford
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in poverty in Telford constituency for each year that data is available.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
Statistics on the number of children living in absolute and relative poverty by parliamentary constituency are published annually in the “Children in low income families: local area statistics” publication.
These are available at: Children in low income families: local area statistics - GOV.UK
Statistics are available from FYE 2015 to FYE 2024.
The latest available data can also be found on Stat-Xplore: Stat-Xplore - Home
The Child Poverty Strategy, which will be published shortly, sets out the steps we are taking to reduce child poverty in the short term, as well as putting in place the building blocks we need to change the course we’re on and create long-term change.
The removal of the two child limit, announced at Autumn Budget, will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, rising to around 550,000 alongside other measures announced this year, such as the expansion of free school meals. These interventions will lead to the largest expected reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since comparable records began.
The removal of the two child limit could benefit around 4,800 children in Telford living in households affected by this policy.
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