Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people living in destitution in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
Answered by Simon Clarke
The latest official statistics show that in 2019-20 there were 3,741 children in relative low income and 3,082 children in absolute low income in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, before housing costs.
We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why the government is investing more than £6 billion in labour market support over the next three years to help people move into, and progress in work.