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 Gould
The 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.