Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions has the Four Nations Group on Child Poverty formally met in the past 12 months; and what was discussed at those meetings.

In developing the UK-wide Child Poverty Strategy, we committed to respecting devolution settlements, complementing existing efforts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and understanding the distinct delivery landscapes across nations. We continue to work with devolved governments including through the Four Nations Group on Child Poverty. The Group has previously discussed progress made in addressing child poverty, monitoring and evaluation plans, and potential areas of collaboration.

Alongside the Four Nations Group, UK Government Ministers have also held bilateral meetings with Ministers from devolved governments to discuss progress with tackling child poverty. The group met once in March.

Our approach to accountability and transparency is set out in our baseline monitoring and evaluation report (Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty: Monitoring and Evaluation - Baseline Report - GOV.UK).