Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what independent external evaluation arrangements have been established for the Child Poverty Strategy.

Details of the monitoring and evaluation arrangements for the Child Poverty Strategy are available in Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty: Monitoring and Evaluation - Baseline Report - GOV.UK.

As set out in the Baseline Report, we are committed to wide-reaching engagement with external stakeholders and experts to inform delivery and evaluation of the Strategy and support wider anti-poverty work.

This includes structured engagement through stakeholder and delivery partner forums, including with local partners, business, faith and civil society groups with lived experience, a programme of place-based research to capture regional and community level insights, and ongoing guidance from our Expert Analytical Panel to provide their independent expertise. Furthermore, we encourage ongoing evidence submissions and shaping of future research priorities.