Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 37
37
Rejected
We recommend that DWP works with external academics, local authorities and other government departments to...
Recommendation
We recommend that DWP works with external academics, local authorities and other government departments to identify options for reflecting the cost of housing in its local area estimates of children in low income families. DWP should write to us by June 2022 to update us on its analysis of options. (Paragraph 126) 56 Children in poverty: Measurement and targets
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejected the recommendation, stating there are no immediate plans to take this forward due to the lack of a single data source for housing costs and other statistical development priorities.
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
There is no single administrative data source of housing costs for individual families. Any new measure which takes account of housing costs would require significant development work. DWP has several statistical development priorities and therefore has no immediate plans to take this forward.
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