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 of children who are living in families where the parent has indefinite leave to remain but has yet to receive a National Insurance number; and how many of those children are living in absolute poverty.

National statistics on low income are set out in the annual "Households below Average Income" publication. The number of children in absolute low income is not available for families where the parent has indefinite leave to remain in this publication. Estimates for 2016/17 show that there were 300,000 fewer children in absolute low income than in 2010 - a record low.