To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what meetings of the cross-departmental ministerial group on child poverty have taken place since 1 January 2006; and who attended each meeting. (180627)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Danny Alexander) on 26 February 2007, Official Report, column 1046W.

A new Cabinet sub-committee, Domestic Affairs (Families, Children and Young People), to be chaired by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, will have oversight of child poverty targets such as the Child Poverty Public Service Agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Office for National Statistics plans to release the next set of statistics on child poverty in the UK. (180628)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 January 2008, Official Report, column 726W.

The Office for National Statistics does not release statistics on child poverty in the UK.