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Children in poverty: Measurement and targets

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 12 January 2021 to 2 February 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 3 March 2021: Dr Kitty Stewart, London School of Economics & Political Science; Edward Davies, Centre for Social Justice; Helen Barnard, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • 3 March 2021: Dr Keetie Roelen, Institute of Development Studies; Dr Jose Manuel Roche, University of Oxford
  • 14 April 2021: Rebecca Jacques, Children’s Society; Charlotte McDonough, Save the Children; Sophie Howes, Child Poverty Action Group
  • 14 April 2021: Professor Paul Bywaters, University of Huddersfield; Professor David Taylor-Robinson, University of Liverpool; Yasmin Rehman, Juno Women’s Aid
  • 12 May 2021: Sabine Goodwin, Independent Food Aid Network; Peter Tutton, StepChange; Una Summerson, Contact-for families with disabled children
  • 12 May 2021: Will Tuckley, London Borough of Tower Hamlets; Charlotte Ramsden, Association of Directors of Children’s Services; Charlotte Ramsden, Salford City Council; Gavin Mullin, Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council
  • 26 May 2021: Anne Longfield; Bruce Adamson
  • 26 May 2021: Baroness Stroud, Social Metrics Commission; Mike Brewer, Resolution Foundation; Robert Joyce, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
  • 23 June 2021: Will Quince MP, Department for Work and Pensions; Donna Ward, Department for Work and Pensions; Elaine Squires, Department for Work and Pensions