Deprivation Index

HC Deb 07 July 1997 vol 297 c336W

Mr. Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list his Department's index for deprivation for(a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest and (j) Barking and Dagenham. [6858]

Mr. Raynsford

Table 1 below shows the ranked position of the local authorities listed above on the three different measures which make up the Department's Index of Local Conditions (ILC). The attached background note gives further information on the ILC and on the difference between the three measures.

Table 1
	Rank on DETR's Index of Local Conditions
	Degree	Intensity	Extent
Newham	1	9	5
Tower Hamlets	7	1	2
Hackney	3	4	1
Redbridge	120	67	93
Waltham Forest	21	6	16
Barking and Dagenham	18	36	30