Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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.

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 average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These are on a before and after housing costs basis and include measures of material deprivation.

The numbers of children living in low income families before housing costs by constituency are published annually in the Children in Low Income Families Publication, available here: Childrenin low income families: local area statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty, but too many people are being denied the security and dignity that comes with being in good work.

The Get Britain Working White Paper, to be set out in the Autumn, will develop measures to reduce inactivity and help people to find better paid and more secure jobs.

For those most in need, an additional £421 million will be provided to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England until 31 March 2025, plus funding for the Devolved Governments through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion, as usual.