The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 reformed the Child Poverty Act 2010 and placed a legal duty on the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament a report containing data on:
- children living in workless households in England
- children living in long-term workless households in England
- the educational attainment of children in England at the end of Key Stage 4
- the educational attainment of disadvantaged children in England at the end of Key Stage 4