AQW 23283/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 28/09/2021
Answered On Date: 11/10/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of children living in poverty in each constituency, in each of the last five years.


Answer:
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) annually release experimental statistics for “Children in low income families: local area statistics”. The number of children in each parliamentary constituency estimated to be living in poverty are presented in the tables below.
Table 1: Estimated Number of Children (aged under 16) living in Relative poverty, by Parliamentary Constituency, 2015/16 to 2019/20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parliamentary Constituency
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20 (p)
Belfast East
3,554
3,452
3,042
3,270
3,167
Belfast North
6,140
6,204
5,528
5,870
5,169
Belfast South
3,394
3,295
2,965
3,371
3,106
Belfast West
5,933
6,017
5,499
5,753
5,267
East Antrim
2,974
2,824
2,665
2,709
2,746
East Derry
4,690
4,792
4,152
4,185
4,129
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
4,845
4,738
4,313
4,563
4,831
Foyle
6,497
6,562
5,921
5,782
5,152
Lagan Valley
3,225
3,260
2,973
3,269
3,312
Mid Ulster
4,581
4,404
4,002
4,299
4,661
Newry and Armagh
6,411
6,325
6,080
6,330
6,681
North Antrim
4,577
4,537
4,221
4,474
4,640
North Down
2,661
2,538
2,326
2,457
2,498
South Antrim
3,360
3,461
3,170
3,473
3,445
South Down
5,189
5,157
4,878
5,074
5,286
Strangford
3,230
3,225
2,921
3,063
3,011
Upper Bann
5,448
5,467
5,110
5,431
5,611
West Tyrone
4,396
4,394
3,814
4,088
4,208
(p) provisional
Table 2: Estimated Number of Children (aged under 16) living in Absolute poverty, by Parliamentary Constituency, 2015/16 to 2019/20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parliamentary Constituency
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20 (p)
Belfast East
3,241
2,868
2,450
2,594
2,525
Belfast North
5,584
5,145
4,307
4,728
3,955
Belfast South
3,146
2,833
2,398
2,774
2,549
Belfast West
5,318
4,855
4,224
4,525
3,927
East Antrim
2,700
2,421
2,188
2,198
2,155
East Derry
4,354
4,074
3,405
3,452
3,355
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
4,514
4,105
3,560
3,832
4,047
Foyle
5,919
5,496
4,802
4,770
4,076
Lagan Valley
2,950
2,813
2,435
2,748
2,693
Mid Ulster
4,235
3,722
3,343
3,666
3,857
Newry and Armagh
5,919
5,429
5,113
5,306
5,534
North Antrim
4,257
3,889
3,395
3,708
3,759
North Down
2,459
2,184
1,875
1,976
1,931
South Antrim
3,042
2,929
2,602
2,936
2,824
South Down
4,812
4,419
3,963
4,297
4,350
Strangford
2,997
2,743
2,430
2,603
2,393
Upper Bann
4,981
4,636
4,122
4,459
4,521
West Tyrone
4,091
3,701
3,158
3,326
3,517
(p) provisional
Further information regarding the Children in Low Income Families (CILIF) statistics can be found at the link below.
www.gov.uk/government/collections/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics