English indices of deprivation 2025: frequently asked questions

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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Provides key information on the English indices of deprivation 2025 (IoD2025) in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), which aim to identify small areas of England which are experiencing multiple aspects of deprivation.

History

Supersedes: English indices of deprivation 2019 - frequently asked questions (FAQs) (MHCLG, 2019). Last updated: 17 November 2025 - Corrected and republished an LSOA file. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025-frequently-asked-questions and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: accredited official statistics. First published: 30 October 2025.

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.


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