HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 cc672-3W
26. Mr. Bill O'Brien

To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment is made of the effect on grant allocations and inward investment consequent on levels of deprivation in local authority wards when boundary reviews are being carried out; and if he will make a statement. [151918]

Mr. Viggers

None. While a number of agencies use local authority ward boundaries as a convenient basis for the allocation of grant aid and regeneration funding, such considerations do not fall within the scope of the matters which are taken into account in carrying out boundary reviews.