Question follow-through · 103452
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what weight is given to the level of (a) private rented sector rents and (b) council tax in the statistical determination of child poverty.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what weight is given to the level of (a) private rented sector rents and (b) council tax in the statistical determination of child poverty.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
The UK's headline child poverty statistics are provided via the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics publication: Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK. Children are defined as being in income-based poverty if the net inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Members: Correspondence
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner of 11 November 2025.