Food Poverty
(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of recent trends in the level of food poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 10th January 2017
The Government measures poverty using information from the Household Below Average Income Survey. The survey from 2014/15 shows that:
- Average incomes have grown in 2015 (2014/15) at their fastest rate since 2002 (2001/02).
- Since 2010 (2009/10) there are:
o 100,000 fewer children in relative poverty;
o 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty.
The latest survey can be accessed from the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201415