1. www.cpag.org.uk The Reality of Child Poverty Nick Jones

2. Definitions ‘[lacking]…. the resources to obtain the types of diet, participate in the activities, and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary or at least widely encouraged and approved in the society in which [you] belong’. Professor Peter Townsend ‘Poverty in the United Kingdom: a survey’

3. Definitions Income Poverty: Where household income is below 60% of the median UK income after housing costs have been paid

4. Income Poverty UK Poverty lines 2008/09 Single person£119 Couple no children£206 Lone parent with two children£247 (aged five and 14) Couple with two children£333 (aged five and 14)

5. Households Below Average Income According to the HBAI report 2008/2009: 13.4 million people in the UK (22%) are income poor. Of these: 53% are in household which include at least one child 32% are in households of people of working age without children 15% are in pensioner households

6. Impact on Education Children who get 5 GCSEs at A* - C grade: Children eligible for free school meals = 35.5% Children not eligible for free school meals =62.9% DCSF ‘National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England 2006/07’

7. Impact on Health Three-year-olds in households with income below about £10,000 are 2.5 times more likely to suffer chronic illness than children in households with incomes above £52,000. End Child Poverty: ‘Unhealthy Lives – Intergenerational Links Between Child Poverty and Poor Health in the UK’

8. Impact on Social Participation Parents wanted but could not afford: poorest fifth : richest fifth a hobby or leisure activity for their 15% 0% children to have friends round for tea or a snack 18% 0% once a fortnight to send their children on a school trip at 12% 0% least once a term to have a one-week holiday away from 60% 4% home with family

9. Impact on the Economy The Joseph Rowntree Foundation calculates that child poverty costs Britain around £25 billion a year in terms of poor health, educational inequalities, social exclusion and worklessness. Joseph Rowntree Foundation (Donald Hirsch): ‘Estimating the Costs of Child Poverty’

10. www.cpag.org.uk