AQW 1728/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development how many children in the East Antrim area are living below the poverty line.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 7 September 2011
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 September 2011
- Answer due by
- 22 September 2011
- Answered
- 14 September 20117 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
During the period 2005/09, 5,600 children in East Antrim Westminster Parliamentary Constituency were living below the relative poverty line. This equates to 29% of children in East Antrim Westminster Parliamentary Constituency. The results are produced using the Family Resources Survey datasets for Northern Ireland, and the Households Below Average Income datasets for Northern Ireland.