David Rutley corrected the Commons record on Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty
The words were spoken in the Commons on 2 March 2022. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Macclesfield (David Rutley), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 March 2022. The figure 580,000 in the original became 540,000 in the correction, lower by 40,000. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.
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| Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly | Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly 540,000 fewer children are living in workless households than in 2010. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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