Barts Health Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment Report

www.brap.org.uk16. Child PovertyThe map below shows the percentage of households either receiving out-of-work benefits ortax credits insufficient to lift them out of poverty. This is taken as an indicator of child poverty.It appears child poverty is particularly high in Tower Hamlets and Newham, and the level isstill relatively high in Waltham Forest compared to other parts of Outer London. More thanhalf the children in Tower Hamlets are living in poverty.Figure 16: Percentage of households receiving out-of-work benefits or tax credits insufficientto lift them out of poverty, 2012Source: HM Revenue and Customers (data last updated February 2012), taken from London’spoverty profile – www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk17. Useful websites17.1 Ward profilesUp-to-date on local authorities, super output areas, and wards can be found at the Office forNational Statistics’ Neighbourhood Statistics website:www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination118