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Poverty: Children

Asked by Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 116366

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing legally-binding targets for reducing child poverty.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Monitoring and Evaluation framework published alongside the Strategy set out that a baseline report will be published in Summer 2026 with annual reporting on progress thereafter and Government already has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics annually. We have put these clear reporting arrangements in place so that the progress we make is transparent for all.

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