Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 77855
Disadvantaged: Rural Areas
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Question
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the English indices of deprivation to include rurality as a factor.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe most recent iteration of the English Indices of Deprivation was published in September 2019 and all data tables and resources are available online here - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019 The department is cu...
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