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Children in poverty: Measurement and targets

Inquiry

This inquiry is looking at children in poverty. This is a complex subject, so the Committee’s work will be in several parts.

For the first part of the inquiry, we are interested in finding out:

- how child poverty can most accurately be measured and defined

- what the impact of child poverty is, and how it should be measured

- how the Department for Work and Pensions should work with other parts of government to reduce the numbers of children living in poverty.

Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry.

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Past events

Wednesday 23 June 2021
9:30am Public
Children in poverty: Measurement and targets - Oral evidence 23 June 2021
9:30am
  • Will Quince MP (Minister for Welfare Delivery at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Donna Ward (Director of Poverty, Family and Disadvantage at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Elaine Squires (Deputy Director for Income, Family and Disadvantage Analysis at Department for Work and Pensions)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 26 May 2021
9:30am Public
Children in poverty: Measurement and targets - Oral evidence 26 May 2021
9:30am
  • The Baroness Stroud (Chair of the Social Metrics Commission, and Chief Executive Officer of the Legatum Institute at Social Metrics Commission)
  • Mike Brewer (Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist at Resolution Foundation)
  • Robert Joyce (Deputy Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies)
  • Ed Humpherson (Director General for Regulation at Office for Statistics Regulation)
10:30am
  • Anne Longfield
  • Bruce Adamson
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 12 May 2021
9:30am Public
Children in poverty: Measurement and targets - Oral evidence 12 May 2021
9:30am
  • Will Tuckley (Chief Executive at London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
  • Charlotte Ramsden (President at Association of Directors of Children’s Services, and Strategic Director for People at Salford City Council)
  • Gavin Mullin (Commissioning Officer (Children and Families) at Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council)
10:30am
  • Sabine Goodwin (Co-ordinator at Independent Food Aid Network)
  • Peter Tutton (Head of Policy, Research and Public Affairs at StepChange)
  • Una Summerson (Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Contact-for families with disabled children)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 14 April 2021
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Children in poverty: Measurement and targets - Oral evidence 14 April 2021
9:30am
  • Professor Paul Bywaters (Professor of Social Work at University of Huddersfield)
  • Professor David Taylor-Robinson (Professor of Public Health and Policy at University of Liverpool)
  • Yasmin Rehman (Chief Executive Officer at Juno Women’s Aid)
10:30am
  • Rebecca Jacques (Policy Officer at Children’s Society)
  • Charlotte McDonough (Policy Adviser at Save the Children)
  • Sophie Howes (Head of Policy at Child Poverty Action Group)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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  • Address: Work and Pensions Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA