§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment where the district which includes the Hastings travel-to-work area lies for levels of social and economic deprivation in relation to other London and south-east districts. [7796]
§ Mr. ClappisonI have been asked to reply.
The Department's index of local conditions shows that Hastings is the 23rd most deprived district out of a total of 103 districts in London and the south-east.