Treasury written question – answered at on 19 November 2013.
Stephen Doughty
Opposition Whip (Commons)
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer whether he intends to publish forecasts of child poverty during the present Parliament.
Nicky Morgan
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
holding answer
The Government does not forecast the number of children in poverty. However the Government wants to develop better measures of child poverty which include, but go beyond income to provide a more accurate picture of the reality of child poverty.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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