To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the under-occupancy charge on child poverty.
Answered on
30 July 2014
This cost of providing this information is disproportionate.
This Government has made good progress in tackling the root cause of child poverty and has recently published its 2014-17 child poverty strategy which outlines the actions being taken.
The latest figures from 2012/13 show that the number of children in relative income poverty has fallen by 300,000 since 2009/10 representing the lowest level since the mid – 1980s.
Answered by
Department for Work and Pensions