Radical Statistics
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Table 3: Rowntree/ New Policy Institute list of Unavailable Data

Income

Scale of problem debt

Movements on and off benefit

Total numbers claiming benefit each year

Children

Data about children themselves, rather than their parents

Nutrition

Outcomes for children in care

Young Adults

Homelessness

Adults

Non-take-up of benefits

Unemployment amongst adults with disabilities

Literacy and numeracy

Adequacy of pension arrangements

Older People

Numbers housebound

Isolation

Inequalities in service provision by local authorities

Data about people in institutions

Age-specific hospital waiting times

Communities

Crime by small geographic area

Damp in housing

Social housing (eg concentration, condition)