Children: Poverty
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include targets for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy; and what plans she has for scrutiny of the delivery of that strategy.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.
The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future years, including understanding how this varies across the UK and for different groups.
As part of the strategy, the Child Poverty Taskforce is prioritising better local services, especially in the early years, for children living in poverty. We have announced close to £1.5 billion over the next three years on improving family services and early years education. Best Start Family Hubs are backed by £500 million of this investment between 2026 and 2029.
Details of how the Child Poverty Strategy interacts with other policies across government will be set out when the strategy is published, including child health.
The Strategy will be UK wide, drawing on devolved and reserved levers and working closely with devolved governments.
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