Child Poverty

Part of 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:24 pm on 14 November 2017.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 2:24, 14 November 2017

Thank you. We know that the figures show that, in general, children growing up in working households do better in school and adult life. How do you respond to concern expressed since the recent publication of the Office of National Statistics figures for 2016, showing that the number of children living in long-term workless households fell by 92,000 across the UK last year—down in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England, and it's actually down by 0.5 million since 2010—but actually increased in Wales?