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Poverty: Ethnic Groups

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 22 July 2025UIN 67421

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the number of people living in deprivation by ethnic group.

Answered by Alex Norris

We do not hold or collect data specifically on people belonging to an ethnic minority who live in deprivation. The indices of deprivation (2019) are publicly available and show patterns of deprivation across England and Wales. These data could be cross-checked with the Census data to show the geographic locations of people from ethnic minority groups.

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