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Third Report - Children in poverty: Measurement and targets
Work and Pensions Committee
HC 188
Published 22 September 2021
Government response
Fifth Special Report - Children in poverty: Measurements and targets: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 6 Dec 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 125
Local level data on child income poverty is important to enable national and local governments...
Conclusion
Local level data on child income poverty is important to enable national and local governments to plan their services. DWP’s recent work with HMRC to produce local area estimates of children in low income families is welcome, but its usefulness …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected the implied need to include housing costs in child income poverty estimates, stating there is no single administrative data source and DWP has no immediate plans to undertake the significant development work required.
Department for Work and Pensions
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Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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.
Department for Work and Pensions
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