Shelter Scotland written evidence on the general principles of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill (March 2017)

Shelter Scotland welcomes this opportunity to submit written evidence and supports the intent of this Bill. Shelter Scotland believes that too many children across Scotland are living in poverty and we support the inclusion of clear statutory targets to significantly reduce child poverty by 2030. In 2015/16, 190,000 children in Scotland lived in relative poverty before housing costs. An additional 70,000 children were living in poverty after housing costs – therefore one in four children in Scotland lived in relative poverty in 2015/16.