Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 12: Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

6. Monitoring and Review

The updated Tackling Child Poverty Evaluation Strategy published alongside the plan sets out how we will monitor and evaluate action taken by the Scottish Government and its partners to meet the four ambitious targets for 2030, as set out in the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.

There are three key elements of assessment:

Monitoring child poverty

Data for the four child poverty targets are published annually alongside the progress report.

Monitoring the drivers of child poverty

A refreshed Child Poverty Measurement Framework has been developed to demonstrate how the drivers of poverty are changing over time.

Assessing the impact of policies and external factors on poverty and its drivers

The measurement framework is used to help produce annual reports of the drivers and impacts. The updated measurement framework published alongside the plan will support future progress reports.

The impact on the plan on health outcomes will continue to be assessed throughout this ongoing monitoring and evaluation. Individual policy areas should also continue to monitor impacts on health outcomes as they develop and implement their policies.