To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authority areas are eligible for the Working Neighbourhood Fund in the South West region. (182438)

There were three criteria used to determine eligibility for the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF). These were:

Any authority that has 20 per cent. or more of its lower super output areas (LSOAs) in the most deprived decile on the Employment domain; or

Any authority that has 20 per cent. or more of its lower super output areas (LSOAs) in the most deprived decile on the overall IMD; or

Any local authority that is ranked among the top 40 districts on an equally weighted measure of key benefit claim rate and employment rate.

Local authorities were only required to meet one of the above criteria to qualify. One authority in the South West meets the criteria; West Somerset which qualifies on the basis of the third criteria.