AQW 14198/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail the number of children living in relative and absolute poverty that have been affected by the two-child limit in the last five years; and (ii) for a breakdown of this as a percentage of the total number of children living in relative and absolute poverty.
Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 4 July 2024
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 4 July 2024
- Answer due by
- 23 July 2024
- Answered
- 6 August 202433 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Official statistics on the number of children living in relative and absolute poverty in Northern Ireland are derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). However, the FRS does not contain the data required to produce a robust estimate of the number and percentage of children living in relative or absolute poverty that have been affected by the two-child limit in the last five years.