| The Poverty Site |  |
| The UK site for statistics on poverty and social exclusion. |
This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social exclusion in the UK. The material is organised around 100 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.
The indicators and graphs can be viewed by age group or by subject using the menu on the left.
The material covers all parts of the United Kingdom, with specific sections for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
All data is from official sources and is the latest available. All graphs and text are updated whenever new data becomes available.
The INDICATORS
Browse the UK indicators, or those for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, rural England or the European Union.
THE REPORTS
The eleventh annual UK report was published in December 2008. Reports are also available for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, ethnicity and disability.
WHAT'S NEW
The latest UK-wide analysis was published in December 2008. Each month, all the analyses for which there is new data are updated.
SUBJECT OF THE WEEK: lacking, but wanting, paid work
Unemployment is currently in the news as it has just gone over 2 million people. What is less well known, however, is unemployment has been on the rise since 2005 and therefore the increase is not solely due to the current recession. Furthermore, offical unemployment is less than half of the number of people who actually lack, but want, paid work. Read more ...
Disclaimer
All statistics which are Crown Copyright are reproduced with permission from the controller of
Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Much of the data presented on this website was made available
through the UK Data Archive. Neither the original collectors of the data nor the Archive bear
any responsibility for the analyses presented. The same applies for all other data used in this
website including that from a variety of government departments.
| Produced by Guy Palmer with support from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation |