Written questions

Low Incomes: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

Commons · Question 10445 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of households where income does not meet essential spending in Newcastle East and Wallsend constituency.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Oct 2024

No such assessment has been made. Statistics on the number of people living in low income households in the UK at a regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics publication, available here: Households below avera...