Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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

In March, we established the Interministerial Group (IMG) on Child Poverty, co-chaired by Ministers from the Department for Education and the Department for Work and Pensions. The IMG provides governance and accountability to ensure the sustained prioritisation of child poverty across government. Through the IMG, Ministers maintain strong cross-government oversight of delivery of the commitments in the Strategy, monitor the Strategy’s impact and the trajectory of child poverty and build momentum to sustain impact in tackling child poverty.

The IMG met in March and June. These meetings considered the detailed monitoring and evaluation plans for Strategy implementation alongside reflecting on the progress already made including the successful delivery of the two child limit removal, which will lift 450,000 children out of relative poverty after housing costs in 2029-30.

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).