§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the(a) programmes and (b) funding streams to which the Index of Multiple Deprivation applies (i) wholly and (ii) in part; and if he will make a statement. [17773]
§ Ms KeebleThe following table sets out Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions programmes and funding streams to which the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2000) applies, either wholly or in part.
£ million Programme 2001–01 2001–02 2002–03 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 200 300 400 Neighbourhood Management 145 Land and Property Programme — 2370 — 1 Funding for this programme runs from 1999 through to 2003. 2 Along with the Single Regeneration Budget, this programme will be subsumed into 'single pot' for Regional Development Agencies from April 2002. The Department for Trade and Industry will have effective responsibility for all grant in aid to RDAs from November 2001. 'The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund' is distributed to authorities which figure in the 50 most deprived authorities against the six individual district level measures in the Indices of Deprivation 2000. This 611W produces a list of 81 authorities, to which were added seven authorities that were not included in this list but were included among the 50 most deprived areas on any of the four measures under the Index of Local Deprivation 1998. The allocations are based on a standard amount per head of population living in the 10 per cent. most deprived wards nationally.
'The Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme' is targeted on areas selected from among authorities which include more than one ward in the worst 10 per cent. as measured by the Indices of Deprivation 2000, but excluding any local authority where there is a New Deal for Communities Partnership.
'The Land and Property Programme' includes an element of the Indices of Deprivation 2000 for the period 2001–02 only. 80 per cent. of the budget was allocated on a criteria basis involving the use of seven indicators, one of which was based on the Indices of Deprivation 2000—a 'deprived wards' indicator which captured the number of people living in the most deprived local authority districts. The indices element therefore represents only a small aspect of the allocation methodology. The Index of Deprivation 2000 will not be used in future years due to the commitment of the new single pot for Regional Development Agencies from April 2002.
'Allocation of Housing Capital Resources' to local authorities (Generalised Needs Index and Registered Social Landlords (Housing Needs Index)) is based on needs indices that include an element of targeting of resources to deprived areas. The targeting for 2002–03 will be based on the ID 2000; targeting had previously been based on the largely 1991 Census-based Index of Local Conditions.
The way in which the indices are constructed and used means that the targeting does not allocate a specific amount of the available resources. The targeting currently accounts for 30 per cent. of the Generalised Needs Index and 15 per cent. within the Housing Needs Index (before adjustment for regional cost variations. For this reason we have not included these programmes in the table.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to review the methodology underpinning the Index of Multiple Deprivation with specific reference to(a) incorporation of a crime domain, (b) incorporation of a physical environment domain and (c) the impact of the access domain; and if he will make a statement. [17774]
§ Ms KeebleAt the time of the publication of the Indices of Deprivation, in July 2000, we acknowledged that they should be revised when further substantial small area data streams become available and could be incorporated into the indices. My Department is intending to commission a project shortly to explore what new data have come on stream since the review that led to the Indices of Deprivation 2000. This will pay particular attention to the development of measures on crime and the physical environment.