Disadvantaged: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 77855 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
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
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 13 Oct 2025
The 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...