§ Geraldine SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions which are the 12 most deprived wards in the Lancaster City district, with reference to the Index of Local Deprivation. [13767]
§ Ms KeebleTable 1 lists the 12 most deprived wards in the Lancaster district, as measured on the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000. This is one of the main components of the Indices of Deprivation 2000, which is the current measure of deprivation in England.
Ward name1 Rank of index of multiple deprivation across England Alexandra 280 Poulton 759 Skerton Central 795 Skerton East 843 Bulk 1,277 Harbour 1,279 Skerton West 1,290 Heysham North 1,325
Ward Name IMD 2000 Income Employment Health Education Housing Access to Services Alexandra 280 382 122 184 1,311 1,430 6,526 Arkholme 5,256 6,205 6,118 6,275 5,553 6,229 361 Bolton-le-Sands 6,122 6,947 4,835 4,210 7,724 7,268 1,775 Bulk 1,277 1,569 1,280 990 986 1,791 6,833 Carnforth 4,213 3,640 4,270 3,525 3,456 6.101 3,993 Castle 2,282 2,000 1,594 1,998 4,383 2,821 6,065 Caton 4,295 5,136 3,447 3,160 5,827 7,107 1,524 Ellel 4,490 5,787 4,652 4,736 7,728 2,927 592 Halton-with-Aughton 5,762 6,251 4,380 4,577 7,094 7,525 1,717 Harbour 1,279 755 961 753 3,790 4,828 5,702 Heysham Central 1,476 1,919 882 591 2,279 6,145 5,784 Heysham North 1,325 979 1,004 1,135 2,088 3,174 7,832 Heysham South 2,113 1,610 1,868 1,670 3,327 3,547 5,452 Hornby 5,811 7,440 5,999 5,948 6,709 6,717 380 John O'Gaunt 6,028 5,267 4,236 4,876 5,143 6,102 7,700 Kellet 4,737 4,798 3,639 3,748 6,971 6,071 2,240 Overton 2,924 3,765 3,247 2,669 3,408 1.457 2.392 Parks 4,366 4,690 2,584 1,973 6,686 8,229 6,412 Poulton 759 725 389 377 3,807 1,686 7,881 Scotforth East 6,258 6,376 6,174 5,715 4,558 2.993 4,789 Scotforth West 3,770 3,501 2,704 2,508 4,526 6,551 5,744 Silverdale 5,849 6,002 4,693 3,970 7,876 8,097 1,764 Skerton Central 795 867 1,127 876 336 1,472 7,410 Skerton East 843 815 889 939 440 2,715 7,460 Skerton West 1,290 1,366 1,644 1,873 636 1,366 5,301 Slyne-with-Hest 4,561 6,132 2,768 2,105 7,939 7,237 2,999 Torrisholme 5,156 4,828 3,870 2,673 6,690 7,972 4,729 Victoria 2,417 1,507 2,138 1,608 4,896 4,289 7,118 Warton 3,917 4,502 4,240 3,583 2,707 3,946 2,835