1The 2010 targetU.K.
(1)The Secretary of State must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 2010 target year and in any event not later than 30 June 2012, lay before Parliament a report on whether the 2010 target has been met.
(2)The 2010 target is that in the financial year beginning with 1 April 2010, 1.7 million children or fewer live in qualifying households in the United Kingdom that fell within the relevant income group for the purposes of section 3 (the relative low income target).
(3)The report must be based on statistics that the Statistics Board has designated under section 12 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (assessment) as National Statistics.
(4)Whether the target has been met in relation to the 2010 target year is to be determined by reference to the statistics.
(5)If the target has not been met, the report must explain why it has not been met.
(6)The 2010 target year is the financial year beginning with 1 April 2010.