DMAG Update on the London figures from the Households Below Average Income series
DMAG Update 10-2008 June 2008
The GLA's Data Management and Analysis Group (DMAG) has produced summary data of the London figures from the HBAI series published by DWP. Key points include:
- The poverty rate for children in London, after housing costs, (41 per cent) remains higher than for any other region, showing little change over the last decade.
- Poverty rates for children in Inner London remain very higher, at 48 per cent.