HC Deb 25 April 2002 vol 384 c391W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what information he collates on the accessibility of residents of wards in England to(a) higher education, (b) further education, (c) general hospitals, (d) specialist hospitals, (e) nearest towns and cities and (f) other services. [52446]

Ms Keeble

Information on access to services by residents of wards is not generally collected. The exception is that access to some(f) "other services" (post office, food shops, GP, primary school) has been assembled at ward level as the "Geographic Access to Services" Domain of the Index of Deprivation 2000. My Department is undertaking a major new project this year to develop methods for local authorities to measure accessibility to key services at ward level.