Taking action on child poverty : consultation paper

Abstract

This consultation document presents the Welsh Assembly Government’s proposals for taking action on child poverty. This includes making new legislation to introduce a duty on public agencies in respect of child poverty, to provide free childcare places and other early years’ services in specific places, to match the guidance under which the Cymorth grant is provided and to introduce a strategy to support vulnerable children. The document also includes a voluntary draft Joint Agreement on child poverty which sets out the commitment of public agencies to helping the Welsh Assembly Government with its child poverty objectives