Angus has 35% of children living in poverty while there are 46% in Dunfermline East, 36% in Dunfermline West, 48% in Kirkcaldy, 29% in North East Fife, 36% in North Tayside and 36% in Perth.

The overall Scottish figure is 42%, the same as England, and better than Wales at 47% and Northern Ireland at 45%, but worse than some English regions like the south east at 32% and the East Midlands at 41%.

The figures show that across Dundee, 14,750 of the city’s 26,635 children are in poverty or on the brink of it.

Although Whitfield has the biggest number of children in low-income families, The Glens was the area with the highest percentage of children in poverty in a single Dundee ward with 83%.

That equates to 530 of 635 children.

Stobswell has 80% of 815 children living in low income families while the Docks and Wellgate area and the city’s Hilltown area both had poor showings across Dundee East and West constituencies.

In the Docks and the Wellgate area of Dundee East, there are 81% of 500 children living in poverty and 75% of 80 children from the same area in poverty in the Dundee West area.

In the Hilltown there are 78% of 555 children living in poverty in the Dundee East area and 75% of 180 in the Dundee West boundary area.

Child poverty is defined as living below 60% of median income.

Campaign to End Child Poverty chairman Martin Narey said, “Pockets of our country are in turmoil.

“These figures show us that there are millions more children than originally thought being failed by the system.”

A Scottish Government spokesman said, “We are taking steps, where we can, to help low-pay households by implementing the council tax freeze, abolishing prescription charges, and piloting free school meals for P1-P3 pupils. However, the limited nature of devolved powers restricts our ability to act. We need significant extra investment by the UK Government.”