Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 61
DWP should set out clearly, in response to this report, what work it now plans...
Recommendation
DWP should set out clearly, in response to this report, what work it now plans to do on the development of supplementary experimental statistics using the SMC’s methodology and a timescale for completing this work. It should also explain how the Secretary of State’s focus on aspects of material deprivation will inform its approach to poverty measurement.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses general cross-government efforts and ONS development of an interactive tool, but does not set out DWP's plans for supplementary experimental statistics or explain how the Secretary of State's focus will inform poverty measurement.
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Paragraph Reference:
61
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
This area of work is still under consideration. Recommendation 8
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