§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment was made of the possible impact on local authorities of the changes to the ethnic definition within the social index.
§ Mr. BaldryA wider definition of ethnicity was felt to be more appropriate for the measurement of social deprivation within the revised all ages social index. No assessment has been made of the separate effect of this change within the context of a number of changes proposed as a result of the review of standard spending assessments.