The dynamics of very deep poverty in the UK - Between 2017–18 and 2020–21, around 2.5 million people in the UK

www.jrf.org.uk 5 Figure 1: Average annual flows into and out of very deep poverty in the UK, 2017–18 to 2020–21 Source: Understanding Society, 2017–18 to 2020–21 However, while similar numbers of people move into and out of very deep poverty each year, the entry and exit rates (calculated as the percentage of people who do not live in very deep poverty who move into very dee. [...] When taken as a percentage of people not living in very deep poverty 1 in 25 (4.1%) people move into very deep poverty each year, while around half of people living in very deep poverty move out of very deep poverty each year (50.5%). [...] In fact, about six in ten of the moves each into and out of very deep poverty see people move from above the overall poverty line into very deep poverty, or from very deep poverty out of poverty entirely. [...] Figure 4: Average annual entry rates into very deep poverty by family size, 2011–12 to 2020–21 Not in very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty In very deep poverty In very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty In very deep poverty In very deep poverty Source: Understanding Society, 2011–12 to 2020–21 Families with pre-school children are also more likely than those with. [...] www.jrf.org.uk 14 Figure 6: Average annual entry rates into very deep poverty by changes to family status, 2011–12 to 2020–21 Not in very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty In very deep poverty In very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty Not in very deep poverty In very deep poverty In very deep poverty Source: Understanding Society, 2011–12 to 2020–21 People who live i.