FI14988

Request

  1. Does your council have a written anti-poverty strategy (this may also be referred to as a ‘poverty strategy’)? This may be an all-age strategy, or one focussing on a specific group of the population, such as a child poverty strategy. If so, please provide a link to the strategy if it is available publicly, or a copy via email.
  2. If your council does not have an anti-poverty strategy in place, does it plan to develop one within the next 12 months? If so, please provide a link to any public facing document detailing this commitment.
  3. Has your council voluntarily adopted the socio-economic duty?

Response

  1. No, but we do have a Cost of Living Plan which can be found online at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Community/Communities-cost-of-living-plan.pdf.
  2. No.
  3. The Socio-Economic Duty forms part of the Equality Act 2010, although this section has not yet been brought into force by central Government. While the Council has not formally adopted section 1, it is undertaking a number of activities designed to tackle socio-economic disadvantage and therefore is acting in the accordance with the intention behind the duty.