Latest statistics on child poverty across the region
The ‘No Time to Wait’ report published by the North East Child Poverty Commission (NECPC) in February 2024, reports that between 2014/15 and 2021/22, the percentage of children living in relative poverty, after housing costs across the North East rose by nine percentage points, from 26% to 35% – the steepest increase experienced by any UK nation or region during that time, with the North East currently having the second highest child poverty rate in the UK.
The number of children living in families attempting to get by on incredibly low incomes has risen by well over 20,000 since 2014/15 – such that one in five (over 100,000) of all babies, children and young people growing up in the North East are now living below the deep poverty line. This includes the more than one in ten (c.60,000) of all North East children living in very deep poverty.
More Facts & Figures
You can find more information in the links below:
NECPC
JRF – UK Poverty Statistics that can be filtered into geographical areas
Citizens Advice Cost of Living Dashboard
Child Poverty Action Group
End Child Poverty Coalition
Loughborough University Centre for Research in Social Policy
