Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121933
Rural Areas: Disadvantaged
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current measures of deprivation in capturing dispersed and hidden poverty in rural communities.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) leads on management and publication of the English Indices of Deprivation (IoD). Defra collaborated with MHCLG on a review and update of the indices, published in October 2025. A comprehens...
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