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Tackling Poverty Action Plan

Tackling Poverty Action Plan
This plan outlines the key objectives of our commitment to prevent poverty, helping people out of poverty and mitigate the impact of poverty.

There are a range of measures helping give the overall picture regarding child poverty and deprivation. The following documents report, analyse and explain indicator data on these measures.

Eradicating Child Poverty: Milestones and Targets Update November 2010
The Statistical Bulletin on Child Poverty in Wales provides statistics on indicators monitoring progress against the Welsh Government’s Child Poverty Strategy. It includes national level data for the period up to early November 2008.

The Programme for Government sets out what we are going to do to improve the lives of the people of Wales and how we are going to measure progress including the plan of action for Tackling Poverty. Each year we report on a full set of updates on progress made on the commitments set out in the Programme.

Alongside annual reports on the Programme for Government, we published the 'Tackling Poverty Action Plan' in June 2012. We have committed to update and refresh the action plan each year to give an in depth account of the action that we and our partners are taking to tackle poverty.

To streamline reporting processes, we are currently reviewing the 'Eradicating Child Poverty in Wales: Child Poverty Indicators' with a view to migrating much of the information into the annual reports on the tackling poverty plan. The next update is due by June 2013.

Children and Young People's Well-Being Monitor 2008
Based on themes taken from the Welsh Assembly Government’s seven core aims for children and young people, the Children and Young People's Well-Being Monitor 2008 pulls together statistics and research from a range of different sources, reporting on a variety of child well-being indicators.

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD): Child Index
The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD): Child Index is a measure of child deprivation for small areas in Wales. It is the first time that a Child Index of Multiple Deprivation has been produced for Wales. The purpose of the Consultation on a Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation: Child Index is to present the results of the WIMD 2008: Child Index and explain the general approach and the choice of indicators so they could be critically reviewed.

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