Question reference: S3W-26996
- Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2009
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 September 2009
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which (a) data zones and (b) council wards in the South Lanarkshire local authority area are in the (i) 15% and (ii) 5% most deprived such areas in Scotland.
Answer
A list of deprived data zones is available on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD.
Of South Lanarkshire''s 398 data zones: 13 are in Scotland''s 5% most deprived areas and 56 are in Scotland''s 15% most deprived areas using SIMD 2006. These are listed in table 1. Maps of the deprived areas by local authority can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/Maps.
The SIMD is only calculated at data zone level, it does not rank wards in terms of levels of deprivation. However, it is possible to look at the number of data zones within each ward in the 5% and 15% most deprived areas. This is shown in table 2.
Note: SIMD 2009 is due to be published on 29 October 2009 in which Scotland''s 5% and 15% most deprived areas could change.
Table 1: South Lanarkshire Data Zones in the 5% and 15% Most Deprived Areas (SIMD 2006)
| Datazone | In the 5% most deprived? | In the 15% most deprived? |
| Datazone | In the 5% most deprived? | In the 15% most deprived? |
| S01005874 | Yes | Yes | S01005891 | No | Yes | |
| S01005913 | Yes | Yes | S01005892 | No | Yes | |
| S01005951 | Yes | Yes | S01005917 | No | Yes | |
| S01005959 | Yes | Yes | S01005928 | No | Yes | |
| S01005965 | Yes | Yes | S01005932 | No | Yes | |
| S01005966 | Yes | Yes | S01005939 | No | Yes | |
| S01005990 | Yes | Yes | S01005947 | No | Yes | |
| S01005992 | Yes | Yes | S01005954 | No | Yes | |
| S01005995 | Yes | Yes | S01005957 | No | Yes | |
| S01005998 | Yes | Yes | S01005961 | No | Yes | |
| S01006040 | Yes | Yes | S01005964 | No | Yes | |
| S01006061 | Yes | Yes | S01005967 | No | Yes | |
| S01006063 | Yes | Yes | S01005975 | No | Yes | |
| S01005675 | No | Yes | S01005982 | No | Yes | |
| S01005683 | No | Yes | S01005987 | No | Yes | |
| S01005748 | No | Yes | S01005988 | No | Yes | |
| S01005752 | No | Yes | S01006000 | No | Yes | |
| S01005755 | No | Yes | S01006007 | No | Yes | |
| S01005757 | No | Yes | S01006008 | No | Yes | |
| S01005759 | No | Yes | S01006012 | No | Yes | |
| S01005762 | No | Yes | S01006022 | No | Yes | |
| S01005764 | No | Yes | S01006024 | No | Yes | |
| S01005814 | No | Yes | S01006034 | No | Yes | |
| S01005848 | No | Yes | S01006041 | No | Yes | |
| S01005855 | No | Yes | S01006058 | No | Yes | |
| S01005865 | No | Yes | S01006062 | No | Yes | |
| S01005869 | No | Yes | S01006064 | No | Yes | |
| S01005880 | No | Yes | S01006065 | No | Yes |
Table 2: South Lanarkshire Electoral Wards Containing Data Zones in the 5% and 15% Most Deprived Areas (SIMD 2006)
| Electorial Wards (2001) | Number of Datazones in the 5% most Deprived? | Number of Datazones in the 15% most Deprived? | Total Number of Datazones |
| Burgh Ward | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Burnbank/Blantyre Ward | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Cadzow Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Cairns Ward |
| 1 | 7 |
| Cambuslang Central Ward |
| 2 | 4 |
| Cathkin/Springhall Ward | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Coatshill/Low Blantyre Ward |
| 1 | 5 |
| Douglas Ward |
| 1 | 5 |
| Fernhill Ward | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Forth Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Hallside Ward | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Hamilton Centre North Ward |
| 1 | 5 |
| High Blantyre Ward | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Hillhouse Ward | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Kirkhill/Whitlawburn Ward | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Larkhall East Ward |
| 3 | 7 |
| Larkhall South Ward |
| 3 | 5 |
| Larkhall West Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Lesmahagow Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Low Waters Ward | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rutherglen West Ward | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Silvertonhill Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Spittal/Blairbeth Ward |
| 2 | 5 |
| Udston Ward |
| 3 | 4 |
| Whitehill Ward | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Woodhead/Meikle Earnock Ward |
| 2 | 7 |