Focus On: Deprivation and Poverty
Welcome to the LRO deprivation theme page. Here you will have easy access to all the LRO outputs linked with deprivation including the content from our ‘Focus On: Understanding Deprivation in Lincolnshire’ event held on the 30th September at the Bentley Hotel, South Hykeham.
What Do We Mean by Deprivation?
Deprivation as a concept is both relative and subjective. For example, for someone living in one of Rio de Janeiro’s shanty towns, deprivation may mean something different to someone living in one of England’s many deprived coastal areas. Similarly deprivation is also subjective since the importance given to an issue or factor of deprivation by one person is likely to be of a different scale of importance to another.
Nationally there was a recognised need for a set of indicators to be developed and since the 1970s the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has calculated local measures of deprivation in England. The aim of this was to identify unmet needs caused by a lack of resources of all kinds, not just financial.
The English Indices of Deprivation, developed by Social Disadvantage Research Centre at Oxford University and commissioned by DCLG, attempt to measure a broader concept of multiple deprivation made up of several distinct dimensions, or domains, of deprivation.
The 2010 Indices of Deprivation is the official measure of deprivation in England. It is through the results of this study that many areas across England are identified as a priority for funding to improve the quality of life of their various populations.
Understanding Deprivation in Lincolnshire
On Friday 30th September 2011 the first of the LROs free ‘Focus On:’ events was held. 'Focus On: Understanding Deprivation in Lincolnshire' raised awareness of the availability, usefulness and limitations of deprivation information, along with promoting its proper usage in identifying areas of need and targeting resources. The presentations from the day are available to view below:
Indices of Deprivation 2010
The Indices of Deprivation, produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DGLC), are used to create an overall Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which provides an indicator of general deprivation levels across England. It is through the results of this study that many areas are identified as a priority for funding to improve the quality of life of their various populations.
Visit DCLG IMD Pages for the English Indices of Deprivation 2010 Guidance Document, Technical Report and full national datasets.
Viewing the results
You can download an LRO Full Report of "What does it mean for Lincolnshire?"
This report gives an overview of the Indices of Deprivation, looks in depth at each domain and how Lincolnshire has changed since the 2007 release.
View the Full Report
You can download the data as an excel file below. This includes scores and ranks for all domains and the deprivation quintiles within Lincolnshire.
Open Data File
You can download an LRO Information Sheet which gives the Lincolnshire headlines.
View the Lincolnshire headlines
You can view the data for each domain on a map by using the IMD Toolkit below or following the link to the LRO Mapping Tool on the right.