Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to meet the four targets for eradicating child poverty as set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010.

We know work is the best route out of poverty, and this Government is committed to supporting parents to move into work, increase their earnings, and keep more of what they earn.

We have repeatedly said that the Child Poverty Act does not address the root causes of poverty and focuses only on the symptoms. That is why we have set out proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which provide a new way to drive effective action and make a real difference in the lives of poor children – both now and in the future.