Child poverty figures
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households for financial years 1994/95 to 2015/16 for the UK. Figures show that: four million children in are in poverty; the percentage of children in relative low income increased by one percentage point from 2014/15, rising to levels last seen in 2009/10.
Source: DWP Date: 16 March 2017
Further information: Households below average income: an analysis of the income distribution 1994/95 to 2015/16 (PDF)
