This report uses UK-wide data to provide a ‘fact pack’ about the impact or otherwise of devolution on the scale of poverty and social exclusion. It shows how a variety of relevant statistical indicators compare between the four countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
 
The material covers the subjects of low income, work, low pay, health and education. For each indicator within each subject, there are two types of analysis:
 
•  the first shows how the four countries compare by providing time trends for a selected statistic;
 
•  the second shows how the twelve regions of the UK (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the nine English regions) compare.
 
Subjects such as housing and crime are not covered as their data is collected separately by each of the four countries and is therefore not directly comparable.