§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress has been made in eradicating child poverty; what assessment has been made identifying further work that needs to be done; and if he will make a statement. [132945]
§ Mr. PondPoverty is a complex and multi-dimensional problem. We published 'Opportunity for all—Fifth Annual Report' (Cm 5956) in September 2003, which sets out the Government's strategy for tackling poverty and social exclusion and presents information on the indicators used to measure progress against this strategy.
626WIn April 2002, we published 'Measuring child poverty: a consultation document' to gather views on an appropriate measure of child poverty for the long term. We published the preliminary conclusions of our consultation on 14 May 2003. The report states that further technical work is necessary before finalising any new measure of child poverty and that we intend to publish final conclusions by the end of 2003.
Both reports are available in the Library.