Third Report - Children in poverty: Measurement and targets

Select Committee
Work and Pensions Committee HC 188 22 September 2021
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 37 items (22 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 37 of 37 classified)
Accepted 8
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 8
Deferred 9
Not Addressed 9
Rejected 2
Government response
Fifth Special Report - Children in poverty: Measurements and targets: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 6 Dec 2021
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
We recommend that DWP publishes a detailed and full response to all the recommendations made...
Recommendation
We recommend that DWP publishes a detailed and full response to all the recommendations made by the Office for Statistics Regulation in its review of income- based poverty statistics by March 2022. (Paragraph 11) Defining child poverty, identifying its causes … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states a Cross-Government Income and Earnings Coherence Steering Group, chaired by ONS, will respond to OSR's recommendations and has published the first version of its workplan on 14 October, though it doesn't explicitly confirm DWP published a detailed response by the March 2022 deadline.
Department for Work and Pensions
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