Question follow-through · 17839
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what independent external evaluation arrangements have been established for the Child Poverty Strategy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what independent external evaluation arrangements have been established for the Child Poverty Strategy.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
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 committ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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