Government financial support for children across the United Kingdom: how does Northern Ireland compare?

Published on 5 July 2007

This report provides a description and quantitative analysis of the financial support for children that families in Northern Ireland (NI) receive from the government compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, and of how this has changed since 1997.

Is the government more or less generous to children in Northern Ireland than those in the rest of the country? This report provides a description and quantitative analysis of the financial support for children that families in Northern Ireland (NI) receive from the government compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, and of how this has changed since 1997.

Authors

Mike Brewer

Mike Brewer

Stuart Adam
Stuart Adam

Senior Economist

Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.

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James Browne

David Phillips
David Phillips

Associate Director

David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.

Report details

Publisher
NICCY

Suggested citation

Adam, S et al. (2007). Government financial support for children across the United Kingdom: how does Northern Ireland compare?. London: NICCY. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/government-financial-support-children-across-united-kingdom-how-does-northern-0 (accessed: 13 May 2024).

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