In a progress report on the Independent Review of Poverty and Life Chances, given to the Prime Minister last week, Frank Field, the former welfare minister, outlined his idea for 'a new index of life opportunities'. He proposed this to be used to measure whether children have achieved the basic levels of development for a five-year-old and the home characteristics necessary to succeed in school and then later life.
The index would be based on social and emotional development, cognitive and language skills, communication skills and well-being - indicators that evidence has showed make the most difference to future life opportunities.
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