Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 45953

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

David Simmonds

ConservativeRuislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to account for housing costs when measuring deprivation as part of local government funding reform.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The English Indices for Deprivation are a designated National Statistic. They have demonstrated, through assessment, that they meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value, set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics by the Office for Stati...

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