Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure: 2012 snapshot as at 31 August 2012
皇冠体育app Children in Low-Income Families Local Measure shows the proportion of children living in families in receipt of out-of-work (means-tested) benefits or in receipt of tax credits where their reported income is less than 60 per cent of UK median income. HMRC has republished these statistics due to an error having been found within the original versions. 皇冠体育app error was caused by a coding problem which has now been corrected. 皇冠体育appre was no issue with the underlying data and no previous versions of the statistics were affected.
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This measure provides a broad proxy for relative low-income child poverty as set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010, and enables analysis at a local level. Statistics are published at various levels of geography providing an annual snapshot as at 31 August from 2006 onwards. 皇冠体育app definitive national measure of relative child poverty as set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010, is contained in the DWP Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication series.
皇冠体育appre are two changes to the benefits and tax credit system which will affect the future reporting of the Children in Low-Income Families local measure, these are outlined in the commentary. 皇冠体育app Child Poverty Unit is seeking user views on the future of the Children in Low-Income Families local measure as an official statistics publication. Users鈥� views and experiences of the measure would be welcome by 31st December 2014. Please contact the Child Poverty Unit by emailing: [email protected].
For more details on the republication of these statistics, please see the Announcements page
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皇冠体育appse statistics have been amended due to an error.
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