{"value":{"id":1836588,"askingMemberId":395,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-10-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-10-20T00:00:00","uin":"HL10754","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish an updated Index of Multiple Deprivation for England and Wales.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4956,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>MHCLG announced recently that the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 will be published on Thursday 30th October 2025. This has been confirmed on <a href=\"https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fannouncements%2Fenglish-indices-of-deprivation-2025&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIndices.Deprivation%40communities.gov.uk%7C07766b768f464eca802c08de04af1b35%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638953347333212219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=c%2FRBj56nub8LFSiv5JiMUJ0pOXeGptvbj0OTrkbdRck%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p>Welsh Government lead on publishing the Indices in Wales. They recently confirmed a release date of Thursday 27<sup>th</sup> November 2025 - <a href=\"https://www.gov.wales/welsh-index-multiple-deprivation-2025-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation: 2025 | GOV.WALES</a></p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Deprivation Indicators","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1836588/original/HL10754 - Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation_ 2025 _ GOV.WALES.pdf","title":"Welsh index of multiple Deprivation","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":114255}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1836588","method":"GET"}]}