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Work and Pensions - Second Report Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 February 2008. Contents Terms of Reference Summary 1 Child poverty and the Government target The Government's child poverty strategy The extent of child poverty The measurement of child poverty and its relationship to the target Measuring child poverty The 2010 target The 2020 target The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: evidence of continuing commitment to the targets? Future CSRs and the prospects of meeting the 2010 target New directions: the Child Poverty Unit 2 Impact of poverty on children Social and economic pressures Social mobility Factors influencing social mobility Factors influencing educational attainment Factors influencing educational aspirations 3 The best start in life: childcare Childcare Childcare: quality Childcare: flexibility Childcare: Sure Start and social mobility Childcare: deprived areas Childcare: costs Older children Older children: lack of places Older children: education and social mobility Disabled children Disabled children: childcare Disabled children: education Childcare in London Childcare Affordability Programme pilots 4 High risk groups Lone parents Families with disabled children and families with disabled parents Adequacy of DLA Parents of disabled children: the Government's approach Barriers to work for disabled adults Ethnic minority families Families in London Barriers to work London living wage Families with large numbers of children 5 Reducing worklessness Employment strategy Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA) conditionality JSA flexibility Exemptions for parents of disabled children Sanctions Concerns over childcare and JSA Flexible/personalised New Deal Contracting out City Strategy 6 "Churn" Coping with parents' movements in and out of work In-work support Sustainability targets InWork Emergency Fund Effect of "churn" on benefits Flexible working 7 Addressing in work poverty Introduction Low pay Better off in work credit and passported benefits Tax credits and mini jobs Taper rates 8 Uprating benefits and improving benefit take-up Security for those who cannot work Adult benefits Impact on incentives to work Impact on those genuinely unable to work Improving take-up 9 Conclusion Conclusions and recommendations Annex Formal Minutes Witnesses List of written evidence MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 42-II) Wednesday 24 October 2007 Wednesday 7 November 2007 Wednesday 21 November 2007 Monday 3 December 2007 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 42-II)

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