Recent reports covering Deprivation across England - issued prior to the impact of Covid 19
Report - English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Since the 1970s the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and its predecessors have calculated local measures of deprivation in England.
This Statistical Release contains the latest iteration of these statistics, the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (IoD2019).
The IoD2019 is an update to the 2015 Indices and retains the same model of multiple deprivation, using the same approach and utilising data inputs from the most recent time points where possible.
The indices to reflect the following 7 types of deprivation / referred to as domains -
Income - split between Children 0 - 15 and Older People 60 +
Employment
Education
Health
Crime
Barriers to Housing and Services
Living Environment
To see the detailed report go to https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019
The indices relatively rank each of 32,844 small areas (with an average population of 1,500) split into 10 equal groups - Deciles.
The No 1 most deprived neighbourhood in England according to the IMD2019 is to the east of the Jaywick area of Clacton on Sea (Tendring 018a). This area was also ranked as the most deprived nationally according to the IMD2015 and IMD2010.
Neighbourhoods in Blackpool then account for eight of the ten most deprived neighbourhoods nationally, with the Anfield area in the centre of Liverpool (Liverpool 019C) making up the ten most deprived areas in England (see Page 5 - Key Info box).
A map is provided showing detail within England.
There is a formal FAQ.
2nd Report - The BBC have commented on the Report - “Blitzed cities, still deprived 75 years after war”
This Report says that Towns and cities in England which suffered high casualty rates from World War Two air raids are now likely to be places with high levels of child deprivation, say researchers.
They examined how well today's youngsters are faring in places that had faced the brunt of wartime bombing, such as Hull, Portsmouth and Coventry.
A consistent pattern of disadvantage was found, 75 years after the war. This included high levels of hardship and poor results in education.
Historian and author Professor Pat Thane said these worst-hit places were “generally working-class areas - and very many of them have stayed that way".
The research, published ahead of Remembrance Sunday, has been carried out by Timo Hannay, whose firm SchoolDash usually carries out data analysis on education.
But in this case, he mapped current levels of childhood deprivation, well-being and educational achievement against places which had faced high levels of wartime casualties and destruction.
"The results are striking. Today, almost all of these have child poverty rates well above the national average," said Dr Hannay, as commemorations mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war.
London was not included - as it is such an outlier in its size and diversity - and these comparisons are for England and not other parts of the UK which also faced wartime bombing.
He says it is also a reminder of how "geographically concentrated" the Blitz was and that the damage was not "shared out" across the country, with those in poorer, crowded housing often suffering the most.
The disadvantage in such places now, Prof Todman says, is not the legacy of the war, but more a sign that the post-war settlement failed to "bring places up" and those "inequalities continue to exist".
There was a strong sense during the war of wanting to create greater fairness, says Prof Todman, but 75 years later, he says it could be seen as "unfair a society as it was in the 1920s and 1930s".
Bloom’s comments on the Reports
The reports cover very specific dynamics, which are hugely important in any desire to “level up” and “Make Britain Better”.
One of the key drivers to economic change is the ability to be able to achieve goals linked to the Communities where people live.
One of the main problems is the lack of coverage of alternative fair finance lenders in the UK, thus limiting many opportunities OR causing a direct loss to a Community with higher than needed interest rates.
The following facts about existing Credit Unions and Responsible Finance Organisations (RFO's) in the UK
Bank of England statistics issued on 28th August 2020, shows there are now just 277 remaining Credit Unions in England, Scotland and Wales with 145 in Northern Ireland.
The Community Investment Steering Group Report Nov 2019 - Scaling up Community Investment in the UK states that there are only 23 active RFO's in the UK.
From these statistics it estimated that no more than 5 - 10% of the UK has any coverage available from a Credit Union or a RFO.
There are 69 cities and over 48,000 towns in the UK. In the last 10 years many Credit Unions have been closed and NO services replace those lost to the massive detriment of the Community in which they were based.
