§ Malcolm Bruce:To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the level of deprivation was in each local authority in England in each year since 1997. [143001]
§ Yvette Cooper:Since 1997, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and it's predecessor Department have published two Indices of Deprivation—the Index of Local Deprivation in 1998 and the Indices of Deprivation 2000. Tables containing the rankings for each local authority district in England for both years are available in the Libraries of the House.
These two Indices are not directly comparable. The methodology for measuring deprivation was completely changed in 2000 and the range of indicators were extended in 2000 from 12 to 33.