In practice, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) produces detailed and timely data on poverty.

In practice, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) produces detailed and timely data on poverty.
A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) poverty data are available and disaggregated by sex, geographic region, and age, and
2) at least three household surveys are available online for free or can be obtained on paper within less than two weeks at the cost of photocopying, with the most recent one less than three years old.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) poverty data are available, disaggregated by two or less of the above dimensions, or
2) at least two household surveys are available online or on paper upon request, with the most recent one less than three years old. A 50 score is also earned when obtaining the paper version takes more than two weeks, or cost is higher than photocopying.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) no poverty data is available, or
2) the most recent household survey available is more than five years old.

For variable descriptions, please refer to: https://www.africaintegrityindicators.org/data.
For the methodology, please refer to: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e971d408be44753edfb976c/t/60a55f343d36117866628867/1621450563745/AII10+-+Methodology.docx+%281%29.pdf.