Speaking in parliament, government minister Damian Hinds revealed that, instead, the government "intends to bring forward a social justice green paper in the new year".
He was responding to a question from Labour MP Dan Jarvis, who asked whether the government had plans to publish the life chances strategy, or a replacement, in 2016.
The life chances strategy, which was first announced by former Prime Minister David Cameron in January, was initially intended for publication in the spring.
The strategy had been due to feature measures designed to address child poverty, including a plan to significantly expand parenting provision, and potentially introduce a voucher scheme for parenting classes. The government had also said it would contain future policy on children's centres, a consultation on which had been due to launch in autumn 2015.
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