Subject	Predicate	Object
KPu1m1MG	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	Ux6eFZTy
	answer has answering person	Miriam Jane Alice Davies
	answer text	<p>It is not possible to produce a robust assessment of trends in poverty levels among people aged over 50 who have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic.</p><p>The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the sample size and quality of data collected during the first year of the pandemic. DWP did not publish lower-level data in the 2020/21 HBAI publication and advises caution when making comparison with previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Discontinuities and additional biases introduced by the changes to data collection during the pandemic become more evident when the statistics are disaggregated into smaller groups, such as people aged over 50 who have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic.</p>
	answer given date	2023-07-13
	answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	written answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has written answer	KPu1m1MG
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has answer	KPu1m1MG
Ux6eFZTy	question has answer	KPu1m1MG
Miriam Jane Alice Davies	answering person has answer	KPu1m1MG