The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 places a duty on local authorities and regional health boards in Scotland to produce annual, joint Local Child Poverty Action Reports (LCPARs) describing ongoing and planned action to tackle child poverty at local level. You can access all the local reports below.
National guidance suggests that the LCPARs be developed collaboratively with local partners and that they bring about a ‘step change’ in action to tackle child poverty. The first round of Local Child Poverty Action Reports was published in June 2019 and all reports are available below.
To support the development and implementation of these reports, the Improvement Service hosts the National Coordinator for Local Child Poverty Action Reports and the Child Poverty and UNCRC Project Officer. The National Coordinator and Project Officer work with local authorities and health boards to support the development of LCPARs by acting as child poverty champions, sharing and promoting good practice, and working to ensure local reports are an effective lever for tackling child poverty in Scotland.
The Coordinator chairs the Local Child Poverty Peer Support Network and attends the Local Child Poverty Coordination Group (‘National Partners Group’). The purpose of these networks is to coordinate efforts and resources to tackle child poverty at local level.
The support the national partners provide to local areas can be divided into four main categories:
Download the Local Child Poverty Action Reports
| Aberdeen City | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Aberdeenshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Angus | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Argyll and Bute | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Clackmannanshire | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Dundee City | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| East Ayrshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| East Dunbartonshire | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 |
| East Lothian | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| East Renfrewshire | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Edinburgh, City of | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Falkirk | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4* | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Fife | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Glasgow City | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Highland | Year 1 | - | Year 3 | Year 4 | - | Year 6 |
| Inverclyde | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Midlothian | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Moray | Year 1 | Year 2 | - | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | Year 1* | Year 2 | - | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| North Ayrshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| North Lanarkshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Orkney Islands | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Perth and Kinross | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Renfrewshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Scottish Borders | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| Shetland Islands | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| South Ayrshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | - | - | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| South Lanarkshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| Stirling | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| West Dunbartonshire | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| West Lothian | Year 1* | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
* Report available on request. Please email Felicia Szloboda.
Analysis of the Year 4 and Year 5 Reports
National partners performed a light touch analysis of the last two years' Local Child Poverty Action Reports. Key themes are summarised in the documents below.
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Improving outcomes for people and communities affected by poverty, inequality, trauma and adversity: Joining the dots across key policy agendas (briefing)
There are a number of key policy agendas that are part of a broader ambition to improve outcomes for people and communities across Scotland affected by poverty, inequality, trauma and adversity. This briefing highlights the links across these and explores opportunities for re-framing these multiple policy ambitions as opportunities to work together around the common goal of improving outcomes for people and communities.
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Improving outcomes for people and communities affected by poverty, inequality, trauma and adversity: joining the dots across key policy agendas (infographic)
This infographic provides an overview of a small number of key national policy agendas, approaches and commitments, all designed to support a cross-policy, person-centred approach to improving outcomes for people and communities across Scotland affected by poverty, inequality, trauma and adversity.