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Written question asked by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 July 2019. It was answered by Baroness Buscombe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Poverty: Children

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Buscombe on 17 June (HL Deb, col 653), how many children live in the “2.4 million households” who will “keep more of what they earn”.

Answer

The Department estimates there will be around 4.1m children in households in Great Britain that will gain from the change in work allowances by 2023/24.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL16709
Session
2017-19
Related items
Children Living in Poverty
Monday, 17 June 2019
Oral answers to questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Children Employment Parents Poverty Universal credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk