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Assisted Area Status

Volume 689: debated on Monday 5 February 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the qualifications for possible inclusion of wards in the maps of areas with assisted area status in England from 2007. [HL1614]

The Government set out the criteria for consideration of inclusion on the United Kingdom's new assisted areas map in its response document published on 10 October 2006. In order to achieve the most effective targeting, assisted area coverage for the new map was built up from ward level, aggregated to zones of a minimum 100,000 population. The criteria therefore applied to zones not wards.

Detailed information on the criteria, together with ward analysis data, can be found on the DTI website at www.dti.gov.uk/regional/assisted-areas/assisted-areas-review/page24618.html.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which wards in Lancashire districts and Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool unitary authorities met one or more of the criteria for assisted area status in 2007; and which of those have been granted such status. [HL1615]

The Government constructed the new assisted areas map by building it up from ward level, aggregated to zones of a minimum 100,000 population. The Government set out the new map in their government response document published on 10 October 2006. The document also contains a list of wards that qualified for assisted areas coverage. See www.dti.gov.uk/regional/assisted-areas/assisted-areas-review/page24618.html

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What criteria were used to decide which of the wards in Lancashire districts and Blackburn with Darwen, which meet one or more of the criteria for assisted area status, have been included in the new map of assisted areas. [HL1616]

The Government set out the criteria for consideration of inclusion on the United Kingdom's new assisted areas map in their response document published on 10 October 2006. In order to achieve the most effective targeting, assisted area coverage for the new map was built up from ward level, aggregated to zones of a minimum 100,000 population. The criteria therefore applied to zones and not wards. See www.dti.gov.uk/regional/assisted-areas/assisted-areas-review/page24618.html

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which wards in Lancashire districts were added to the draft map of assisted areas following the consultation period in 2006; and what criteria were used to decide (a) whether to add any wards; (b) which wards to add; and (c) which wards not to add. [HL1617]

The Government set out which wards qualify for assisted areas coverage on the new map in their government response document published on 10 October 2006 See www.dti.gov.uk/regional/assisted-areas/assisted-areas-review/page24618.html.