The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 places a duty on local authorities and regional health boards in Scotland to produce annual Local Child Poverty Action Reports (LCPARs) describing ongoing and planned action to tackle child poverty at local level. National guidance suggests that the LCPARs be developed collaboratively with local partners and that they bring about a ‘step change’ in action to tackle child poverty. The first round of Local Child Poverty Action Reports were published in June 2019 and are available below.
Local Child Poverty Action Reports
Useful Resources and Websites:
Tackling child poverty: first year progress report (2018 to 2019)
Glasgow Centre for Population Health - Family and Child Poverty
Glasgow Centre for Population Health - Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing Profiles
Improvement Service - Local Child Poverty Action Reports
NHS Health Scotland - Child Poverty