Work and Pensions Maria Miller (Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State (Disabled People), Work and Pensions; Basingstoke,
Conservative) Estimates of the number and proportion of children
living in poverty are published in the Households Below Average
Income (HBAI) series. HBAI uses household income adjusted (or
‘equivalised’) for household size and composition, to provide a
proxy for standard of living. The sample size of this survey is
not sufficient to provide estimates for small areas such as
those requested. However, figures at a regional level for north-
west are available. Three survey years have been combined
because single year estimates are not considered to be
sufficiently reliable. Statistics covering 2007-08 to 2009-10
are the most recent available. |Number and proportion of
children living in relative poverty (BHC) in the north-west|
|Region||Number (million)||Proportion (percentage)| |Notes: 1.
These statistics are based on Households Below Average Income
(HBAI) data available at: http://research