Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of women and girls living below the poverty line.

National Statistics on the number of women and girls in relative and absolute low income are set out in the annual "Households Below Average Income" (HBAI) publication.

The latest figures up to 2018/19 can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html