Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to evaluate their progress towards the targets set out in the Child Poverty Strategy, including (1) reducing the number of children in relative low income and increasing household incomes, (2) ending the placement of families in bed and breakfasts beyond the six-week limit, (3) increasing accessible childcare for parents on Universal Credit, and (4) establishing a notification system for when a child is placed in temporary accommodation.

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 are continuing our work across government, with devolved governments, local authorities, stakeholders and experts as part of the long-term evaluation.

Further details on our approach to monitoring and evaluation will follow in the baseline report in Summer this year, which will also set out the latest statistics and evidence. We will report on an annual basis thereafter to monitor and evaluate progress.