Poliakoff has a daughter, Ellen Poliakoff, a psychology lecturer at the Manchester University; and a son, Simon Poliakoff, head of physics at Dame Alice Owen's School.
Poliakoff ima kćer, Ellen Poliakoff, predavačica psihologije na Sveučilištu u Manchesteru; i sina, Simona Poliakoffa, nastavnika fizike.