The Government uses a range of measures to quantify poverty. Relative low income is one measure, and is used in the Households Below Average Income National Statistics publication. Someone is in relative low income if they are in a household that receives less than 60% of the median equivalised net household income (‘average income’). Other main measures of poverty presented in the Households Below Average Income National Statistics publication include: Absolute low income—where someone lives in a household that receives less than 60% of the average household income in 2010-11 adjusted for inflation; Combined low income and material deprivation for children—where a child is in material deprivation and lives in a household where income is less than 70% of the average household income; Persistent poverty—where someone lives in a household where income is less than 60% of average household income for at least three out of the last four years; Material deprivation for pensioners; and Some variations of relative and absolute low income—where someone lives in a household that receives less than 50% or 70% of the average household income. These measures are supplementary to the 60% measure. Relative low income, absolute low income, persistent poverty, and variations of relative and absolute low income are measured both before housing costs and after housing costs. Housing costs include; rent (gross of housing benefit); water rates, community water charges and council water charges; mortgage interest payments; structural insurance premiums (for owner occupiers); ground rent and service charges. The Child Poverty Act 2010 sets four income-based UK-wide targets to be met by 2020. The targets are based on the proportion of children living in households with relative low income, combined low income and material deprivation, absolute low income and persistent poverty (all before housing costs have been taken into account) as outlined above. We want to develop better measures of child poverty which include, but go beyond, income to provide a more accurate picture of the reality of child poverty and drive the right action. The Government has consulted on how best to measure child poverty. The complexity of the issue means that we need to take time to ensure we have the best measure of child poverty. We will publish our response as soon as we can.