Poverty: Scotland
(asked on 19th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland were living in relative poverty and contained at least one person in work in each year since 1997.
Households in relative low income are defined as those living below 60 per cent of contemporary median income.
Table 1: Number of households in Scotland in relative low income and containing at least one person in work (Before and After Housing Costs), 1997/98-1999/00 to 2010/11-2012/13
| Number (millions) BHC | Number (millions) AHC |
1997/98 - 1999/00 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
1998/99 - 2000/01 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
1999/00 - 2001/02 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2000/01 - 2002/03 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2001/02 - 2003/04 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2002/03 - 2004/05 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2003/04 - 2005/06 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2004/05 - 2006/07 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2005/06 - 2007/08 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2006/07 - 2008/09 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2007/08 - 2009/10 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2008/09 - 2010/11 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2009/10 - 2011/12 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2010/11 - 2012/13 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Source: HBAI 2012/13
Notes
1. The figures published annually in the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) report are based on an individual level, rather than a household level, and therefore are not directly comparable to the figures in Table 1.
2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100,000.
3. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response.
4. To be aware the Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland report produced by the Scottish Government publishes single-year estimates on poverty and therefore the numbers presented here will not be consistent with these figures.