Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure ministerial accountability to Parliament for progress on the reduction of child poverty.

The Monitoring and Evaluation framework published alongside the Strategy sets out how we will hold ourselves to account on delivering the impact we have promised through this Parliament and beyond as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability, and continued learning.

We will work across government, with devolved governments, local authorities, stakeholders and experts as part of our long-term evaluation. Further details on our approach to monitoring and evaluation will follow in a baseline report in Summer 2026, which will set out the latest statistics and evidence, with annual reporting thereafter to monitor and evaluate progress.

Government also has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics in the annual Households Below Average Income statistical publication.

The Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and Education retain responsibility for Child Poverty across government and continue to work closely with their colleagues to deliver on the Child Poverty Strategy.