Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 26376
Rural Areas: Disadvantaged
Tabled: 24 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the UK’s statistics authorities at identifying rural deprivation.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response from the Director General for Office for Statistics Regulation to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 24 January is attached.