Question reference: S3W-29340
- Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 November 2009
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 December 2009
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26996 by John Swinney on 18 September 2009, 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, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, published on 29 October 2009.
Answer
Of South Lanarkshire''s 398 data zones, there are 11 in Scotland''s 5% most deprived areas using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2009, down from 13 data zones in SIMD 2006. Ten data zones have remained there in 2009, three data zones moved out and only one new data zone moved in. The data zones in the 5% most deprived in SIMD 2009 are listed in the following table.
Of South Lanarkshire''s 398 data zones, there are 52 in Scotland''s 15% most deprived areas using the SIMD 2009, down from 56 data zones in SIMD 2006. Forty eight data zones have remained there in 2009, eight data zones moved out and only four new data zones moved in. The data zones in the 15% most deprived in SIMD 2009 are listed in the following table.
South Lanarkshire Data Zones in the 5% and 15% Most Deprived Areas (SIMD 2009)
| Data Zone | In The 5% Most Deprived? | In The 15% Most Deprived? | Data Zone | In The 5% Most Deprived? | In The 15% Most Deprived? |
| S01005874 | Yes | Yes | S01005880 | No | Yes |
| S01005913 | Yes | Yes | S01005891 | No | Yes |
| S01005947 | Yes | Yes | S01005892 | No | Yes |
| S01005959 | Yes | Yes | S01005917 | No | Yes |
| S01005965 | Yes | Yes | S01005928 | No | Yes |
| S01005990 | Yes | Yes | S01005932 | No | Yes |
| S01005995 | Yes | Yes | S01005939 | No | Yes |
| S01005998 | Yes | Yes | S01005951 | No | Yes |
| S01006040 | Yes | Yes | S01005954 | No | Yes |
| S01006061 | Yes | Yes | S01005957 | No | Yes |
| S01006063 | Yes | Yes | S01005961 | No | Yes |
| S01005672 | No | Yes | S01005966 | No | Yes |
| S01005675 | No | Yes | S01005967 | No | Yes |
| S01005683 | No | Yes | S01005982 | No | Yes |
| S01005694 | No | Yes | S01005987 | No | Yes |
| S01005701 | No | Yes | S01005988 | No | Yes |
| S01005748 | No | Yes | S01005992 | 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 | S01006034 | No | Yes |
| S01005764 | No | Yes | S01006041 | No | Yes |
| S01005832 | No | Yes | S01006058 | No | Yes |
| S01005855 | No | Yes | S01006062 | No | Yes |
| S01005869 | No | Yes | S01006065 | No | Yes |
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 the following table.
The wards of Coatshill/low Blantyre, Forth and Spittal/Blairbeth no longer have any data zones in the 15% most deprived since SIMD 2006. The wards of Burgh, Burnbank/Blantyre, Douglas and Whitehill have also seen relative improvements.
Lanark South ward sees one data zone moving into the 15% most deprived.
South Lanarkshire Electoral Wards Containing Data Zones in the 5% and 15% Most Deprived Areas (SIMD 2009)
| Electoral Wards (2001) | Number Of Data Zones In The 5% Most Deprived | Number Of Data Zones In The 15% Most Deprived | Total Number Of Data Zones |
| Blackwood Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Burgh Ward | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Burnbank/Blantyre Ward | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Cadzow Ward |
| 1 | 6 |
| Cairns Ward |
| 1 | 7 |
| Cambuslang Central Ward |
| 2 | 4 |
| Cathkin/Springhall Ward | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Douglas Ward |
| 2 | 5 |
| Fernhill Ward |
| 3 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Lanark South Ward |
| 1 | 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 |
| Udston Ward | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Whitehill Ward |
| 2 | 5 |
| Woodhead/Meikle Earnock Ward |
| 1 | 7 |