We recognise that deprivation is a contributory causal factor in child abuse and neglect, and a growing body of research is strengthening the evidence of this relationship, including poverty being closely interconnected with wider factors associated with child abuse and neglect, such as poor parental mental health and domestic abuse. In developing a child poverty strategy, the Child Poverty Taskforce is considering parents across the United Kingdom. We recognise the distinct challenges of poverty faced by parents with poor mental health and drug and alcohol addictions. We are working through the Families First Partnership Programme to give families and children access to better local support services, breaking the cycle of late intervention and helping more children and families to stay safely together. In addition, the Healthy Child programme provides support for parents and children including perinatal mental health parent-infant relationships and parenting behaviours across all local authority areas.