§ Mr. HansonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when the updated Index of Local Deprivation will be published. [44135]
§ Mr. CabornI am today placing in the Library copies of a summary of the 1998 Index of Local Deprivation. The Index of Local Deprivation combines 12 up to date measures on different aspects of deprivation into a single indicator for all local authority districts in England. The Index will be used as background information for the development of regeneration policy and programmes. A further review of the Index will be commissioned later this year to take account of new data sources relevant to deprivation which will include income support statistics for areas smaller than local authority districts.