Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-background-information-and-methodology

Change description : 2025-03-27 09:30:00: Added a new note accompanying March 2025 statistics with additional sections on methodological improvements to the statistics, and new guidance for users on interpretation of the statistics. [Guidance and regulation]

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Children in low income families: local area statistics: background information and methodology

Official experimental statistics on the number of children living in low income families.

Update history

2025-03-27 09:30
Added a new note accompanying March 2025 statistics with additional sections on methodological improvements to the statistics, and new guidance for users on interpretation of the statistics.

2024-03-21 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document. The latest release of Children in low income families: local area statistics has been published today, 21 March 2024.

2023-02-23 10:00
Revised background information and methodology document – the next release of ‘Children in low income families: local area’ statistics will be published on 23 March 2023.

2022-03-31 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document. Added new information on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and updated the information in section 7 (revisions), section 8 (interpretation of the statistics) and section 9 (uses of the data). The latest release of Children in low income families: local area statistics has been published today, 31 March 2021.