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Rural Areas: Disadvantaged

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26376

The question

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.

Answered by 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.

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