Social Justice
This Government’s strategy Social Justice: transforming lives is about giving individuals and families facing multiple disadvantages the support and tools they need to turn their lives around.
- Social Justice: transforming lives (2.4MB)
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The short address for this page is www.dwp.gov.uk/socialjustice
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Social Justice Outcomes Framework
On 31 October 2012 we published the Social Justice Outcomes Framework. It sets out what the Government wants to achieve and how it will measure success.
- Social Justice Outcomes Framework (142KB)
- Speech by Secretary of State – "Social Justice: Transforming Lives"
Statistics used in the Social Justice Outcome Framework include:
- Duration on out-of-work benefits, Great Britain (57KB)
- Percentage of children living with both birth parents, by age of child (42KB)
On 15 November 2012, the Government published a consultation to seek views on better measures of child poverty.
Your stories and case studies
Visit our case studies and stories pages for examples of Social Justice at a local level.
Contact us
If you have an story you'd like to share or if you want to be involved, please email us –
What next?
We will publish the final set of outcome indicators in Spring 2013 as part of a Social Justice progress report. We will continue to seek views from those with an interest in Social Justice.