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Mr. John Fraser
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the rankings of the indices of deprivation of each of the inner city partnership authorities in relation to all English and Welsh authorities.
Mr. Kenneth Baker
The information requested is shown for England in the table. Information about Welsh authorities is not available on a comparable basis.
| Rank Position on Absolute and Percentage Values on Key Indicators—Derived from 1981 Census Data | |||||||||
| Partnership Authorities | |||||||||
| Birmingham | Gateshead | Hackney | Islington | Lambeth | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Salford | |
| Unemployment | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 28 | 31 | 50 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| Percentage | (17) | (23) | (15) | (33) | (36) | (5) | (8) | (22) | (23) |
| Overcrowding | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 39 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 42 |
| Percentage | (17) | (33) | (2) | (14) | (9) | (23) | (21) | (38) | (50) |
| Single Parents | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 62 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 25 |
| Percentage | (24) | (118) | (1) | (6) | (2) | (16) | (4) | (55) | (29) |
| Pensioners | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 42 | 62 | 63 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| Percentage | (131) | (97) | (97) | (73) | (120) | (77) | (42) | (42) | (42) |
| Amenities | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 109 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 49 |
| Percentage | (79) | (279) | (5) | (9) | (11) | (28) | (25) | (300) | (117) |
| Ethnic | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 220 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 55 | 19 | 61 | 103 |
| Percentage | (18) | (320) | (3) | (13) | (6) | (146) | (39) | (107) | (181) |
| Population Change | |||||||||
| Absolute | 3 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 |
| Percentage | (27) | (38) | (7) | (3) | (5) | (10) | (8) | (18) | (15) |
| Low Skill | |||||||||
| Absolute | 1 | 35 | 48 | 52 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 |
| Percentage | (43) | (46) | (51) | (57) | (131) | (13) | (17) | (99) | (17) |
Notes:
(1) Absolute values relate to the number of persons (or households) for a particular indicator.
(2) Percentage values relate to the proportion of the population (or households) for a particular indicator.