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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Thursday, 14 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2010. It was answered by Helen Goodman (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Poverty: Children

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will estimate the number of children in relative poverty who will not be in relative poverty in January 2012.
Answer

Many of the policy initiatives announced since Budget 2007 have not yet shown up in the child poverty figures. Although we do not have an estimate for January 2012, measures announced since Budget 2007, including the pre-Budget report 2009, are estimated to reduce the number of children in poverty by around 550,000.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c1022W; 311770
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Children Poverty
Link
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