Child poverty

Information on child poverty, including the work of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

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Guidance and regulation

• Introduction to residential family centres
  • Guidance
  • 24 May 2024
  • Ofsted
• Child Poverty Taskforce - Terms of Reference
  • Guidance
  • 19 December 2024
  • Cabinet Office
• Child Poverty Analytical Expert Reference Group - Terms of Reference
  • Guidance
  • 25 November 2024
  • Cabinet Office
• The child poverty checklist
  • Guidance
  • 9 May 2011
  • Department for Education
• Child poverty training module
  • Guidance
  • 2 September 2011
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Child Poverty Taskforce holds first Scottish summit
  • 22 November 2024
  • Department for Work and Pensions and Scotland Office
  • Press release
• Ministers hear from local leaders on impact of Child Poverty across the country
  • 19 September 2024
  • Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education
  • Press release
• Child Poverty Taskforce kicks off urgent work to publish strategy in spring
  • 15 August 2024
  • Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education
  • Press release
• Ministerial taskforce launched to kickstart work on child poverty strategy
  • 17 July 2024
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Press release
• National free school meals voucher scheme opens to orders
  • 18 January 2021
  • Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Northern Ireland Poverty and Income Inequality Report 2023/24
  • 27 March 2025
  • Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families indicators 2024
  • 21 May 2024
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Research
• Northern Ireland Poverty and Income Inequality Report 2022/23
  • 27 March 2024
  • Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• Height by deprivation decile in children aged 10 to 11: April 2023 update
  • 20 April 2023
  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Official statistics
• Northern Ireland Poverty and Income Inequality Report 2021/22
  • 30 March 2023
  • Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy
  • 23 October 2024
  • Cabinet Office
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department for Education
• Cabinet Office
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

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• Scotland Office

• Ofsted