HC Deb 11 July 2000 vol 353 cc491-2W
28. Mr. Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the underlying data used to compile the proposed index of local deprivation. [128427]

Ms Armstrong

Last December, we published for consultation the information relating to local authority district rankings on five different measures of deprivation. As part of the consultation exercise we also offered each authority information on the ward rankings for their area. The summary report will be published later this year, along with the deprivation scores and ranks of all wards and districts in England. The report will provide details of where to obtain the underlying raw data.