Ms Gayle Smith:

I thank the Deputy very much for raising this. It is extremely important. Just because groups are not included in the data does not mean that they do exist. They do exist. Another group that is not included in the data is kinship carers. There are many grandparents caring for one or more of their grandchildren because the parent cannot. They are doing so purely on their pensions because they cannot access a payment due to conditionality attached to it. That is another group that is feeling it.