Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region are living in (i) absolute and (ii) relative poverty.

This Government is committed to tackling disadvantage and extending opportunity so that everyone has the chance to realise their full potential. Our life chances approach will focus on tackling the root causes of poverty such as worklessness, educational attainment and family stability.

The Department for Work and Pensions published the 2014/15 Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics on 28^th June 2016. This provides information on individuals living in relative and absolute low income.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201415.

The number of households in relative and absolute low income is not available at constituency or city region level. This is because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.