Textual Amendments
F1 Ss. 8-8C and cross-heading substituted for s. 8 and cross-heading (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) , s. 150(2)(j) , Sch. 13 para. 2
(1)Before each anniversary of the coming into force of this section the Commission must publish a report setting out its views on the progress made towards the goals in subsection (2).
(2)Those goals are—
(a)improving social mobility in the United Kingdom, and
(b)reducing child poverty in the United Kingdom, and in particular—
(i)meeting the targets in sections 3 to 6 in relation to the target year, and
(ii) implementing the most recent UK strategy.
(3)A report under subsection (1) must also describe—
(a)the measures taken by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with a Scottish strategy,
(b)the measures taken by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with a Welsh strategy, and
(c)in the case of a report made after the appointed day for Northern Ireland, the measures taken by the Northern Ireland departments in accordance with a Northern Ireland strategy.
(4)A report under subsection (1) may by published as one or more documents as a Minister of the Crown may direct.
(5)If the Commission so requests, a Minister of the Crown may by order extend the publication deadline for any particular report by not more than nine months.
(6)A Minister of the Crown must lay a report under this section before Parliament.]