January 2025
The Commission’s 2023-24 Child Poverty Scrutiny Report made a recommendation that the Scottish Government should convene and lead a national cross-party and civil society agreement to develop a shared six year strategy to meet the 2030 child poverty targets.
Following a meeting between the Chair of the Commission and the First Minister in July 2024, it was agreed the Commission would develop some options setting out how this could be taken forward and share these with Scottish Government officials.
The Commission’s options paper can be downloaded below, along with the Scottish Government’s response.
Download: Poverty and Inequality Commission – Options for developing a national cross party and civil society agreement on child poverty (pdf, 176 kb)
Scottish Government response – Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to Poverty and Inequality Commission (pdf, 100 kb)