Date: 21 Nov 2016 Community Planning Partnership Item No: 13 Board Appendix 1 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation West Lothian Results 2016 – Initial Analysis Summary and Commentary Scottish Government released the 2016 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation on 31 August. This note has been prepared as a high level summary of the SIMD 2016 from a West Lothian perspective. The SIMD provides an analysis of the geographic pattern of multiple deprivation. It is not however the only approach to understanding deprivation and developing policies to tackle poverty and deprivation. SIMD provides a combined score and ranking for all datazones in Scotland – it measures a relative level of deprivation at a snapshot in time, not the absolute level of deprivation and is not intended to measure change over time. What is SIMD? The primary purpose of the SIMD is to map the concentrations of multiple disadvantage within Scotland, through ranking areas in order of multiple deprivation (with 1 being the most deprived and 6976 the least deprived). The SIMD does this by combining the results of 7 ‘domains’ to calculate multiple deprivation. The weights for each domain are as follows: Domain 2016 Weight Percentage of overall SIMD Income 12 28% Employment 12 28% Health 6 14% Education, Skills and Training 6 14% Geographic Access to Services 4 9% Crime 2 5% Housing 1 2% Employment and income are weighted most heavily and therefore have the most impact on which datazones are within the top 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% most deprived. In a West Lothian context geographic access to services and housing are not particularly relevant as contributory factors to the overall deprivation ranking. Key changes since 2012 The 2016 SIMD uses newly drawn datazones which take account of population changes in the 2011 census (2012 SIMD used 2001 census). In addition the redrawing exercise enabled anomalies to be addressed and more logical and coherent local boundaries to be put in place. This means however that the 2016 SIMD Datazones do not always cover the same geographic area as the 2012 Datazones. Across Scotland there are also 471 additional datazones since 2012 so there are 71 more datazones in the bottom 15% compared to 2012. In West Lothian there are now 239 datazones compared to 211 datazones in 2012. DATA LABEL: PUBLIC 1 Date: 21 Nov 2016 Community Planning Partnership Item No: 13 Board Appendix 1 Approximately a third of the 2016 West Lothian datazones are similar to 2012, a third have had substantial changes but are comparable to a 2012 datazone and a third are changed completely and are not comparable to 2012 Datazones. The fact that 6% of all the new datazones in Scotland are in West Lothian (when West Lothian makes up only 3% of the Scottish population) reflects the fast growing population of West Lothian compared to Scotland. The Methodology and Indicators used have also changed since 2012. This means that direct comparisons cannot be made with 2012 on the exact numbers and rates of deprivation in each of the “domains”. Key points from 2016 SIMD in relation to West Lothian Scottish Government summary document provides an overview on the general picture across Scotland. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00504809.pdf. Generally, Glasgow and west of Scotland local authority areas have a higher proportion of multiply deprived areas; West Lothian is in a mid-table position with 16% of our total number of datazones in the most deprived 20% category (see page 12); The document notes that eleven council areas now have a larger share of the 20% most deprived data zones in Scotland compared with SIMD 2012. Ten council areas now have a smaller share (page 11) West Lothian’s share has not changed. Deprived Datazones in West Lothian The Scottish Government interactive map provides an overview of the distribution of multiply deprived datazones across Scotland. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/SIMDInteractive Within West Lothian, the general geographical pattern is similar to 2012 and indeed the last 20-30 years. The attached map shows the Overall, there has been a small increase in the number of datazones within West Lothian in the most deprived 15% category for Scotland (but no change in West Lothian’s overall share). In SIMD 2016, 16 West Lothian datazones are in the 15% most deprived datazones in Scotland, compared to 13 in 2012. This increase mainly reflects the increased total number of datazones in Scotland rather than an increase in the percentage of West Lothian datazones in the most deprived 15%. Looking at a slightly broader most deprived 20% category, the number of West Lothian data zones has increased from 33 in 2012 to 38 in 2016. Again this increase reflects the increased number of datazones in Scotland rather than an increase in the percentage of West Lothian datazones in the most deprived 20%. The distribution of deprived datazones across West Lothian (when extended to include the most deprived 20%) generally follows the pattern evident in 2012. DATA LABEL: PUBLIC 2 Date: 21 Nov 2016 Community Planning Partnership Item No: 13 Board Appendix 1 There have been some major changes to data zones which have led to movements in rankings – including for example in Armadale where the Mayfield datazone has been split to reflect the housing growth at Cricketfield Place and the underlying deprivation in Mayfield itself is shown more clearly without being masked by the new housing. Commentary on datazones in most deprived 15% (ranked in order of relative deprivation Scotland wide). 1. Blackburn Centre (109) Similar area to 2012 datazone. The ranking is due mostly to the Income, Employment and Health domains. The datazone has a relatively low working age population of 379 and a high proportion of Employment deprived (36%) and Income deprived (43%) individuals. 2. Armadale Mayfield (170) Datazone completely changed since 2012 with removal of Cricketfield Place. Mayfield returns to the most deprived 5% in Scotland reflecting the high level of underlying deprivation in the Mayfield area when not masked by new housing build. The ranking is due to consistently high rankings in the Income, Employment, Health, Education and Crime domains. 3. Livingston Craigshill Streets East & Mall (242) A new Datazone for 2016 that covers some of the area of the previous Craigshill Central Datazone. The ranking is due to the Employment, Health and Education domains. 4. Bathgate Cochrane Street (301) Similar area to 2012 datazone. Has a low percentage of working age population and poor scores in the Education and Crime domains. The Income and Health domain scores may reflect the fact that the area contains supported housing occupied by frail elderly. 5. Livingston Knightsridge North & Deer Park (302) A new datazone which covers the employment area of Deer Park but where the population is all from Knigthsridge. Covers some of the same area as the 2012 datazone of Moncreiff Way where the level of deprivation was masked as parts of the area were combined with the less deprived areas near Deer Park. The ranking is due to the Income, Health and Education domains perhaps reflecting an ongoing issue of In Work Poverty in the area. 6. Whitburn Union Drive (335) Similar area to 2012 datazone. The areas rankings are consistent for the Income, Employment and Health domains as well as the most deprived Education domain ranking of any datazone in West Lothian. 7. Blackburn South West (359) Similar to the Blackburn Riddochhill 2012 Datazone, with rankings in the Income, Employment and Crime domains. 8. Blackburn Centre North (429) Similar to the Blackburn North East 2012 Datazone. Low rankings in the Income and Employment domains. 9. Whitburn Whitdale School (560) Similar area to 2012 datazone. Low working age population and poor rankings in the Income, Employment and Health domains reflecting an elderly population. 10. Loganlea (581) Similar area to 2012 datazone. Low rankings in the Income, Employment and Health domains. 11. Fauldhouse Lanrigg (622) Similar area to 2012 datazone. Low rankings in the Income, Employment and Crime domains. DATA LABEL: PUBLIC 3 Date: 21 Nov 2016 Community Planning Partnership Item No: 13 Board Appendix 1 12. Whitburn Brown Street (632) Similar area to 2012 datazone. Low rankings in the Income, Employment Health , Education and Crime domains. 13. Livingston Deans South (974) Brings together the 2012 Datazones of Deans Staff and Jura and Deans Broomyknowe Drive as the population has declined in the area due to demolitions. Relatively low Income and Employment domain rankings are reinforced by a very poor Health domain ranking. 14. Bathgate Balbardie Avenue (988) Identical area to 2012 datazone. Relatively low rankings in the Income, Employment and Health domains. 15. Fauldhouse Cricket Ground (995) Identical area to 2012 datazone. Relatively low rankings in the Income and Employment domains are worsened by a very poor Health domain ranking. 16. Livingston Ladywell Braes North (1032) Brings together parts of the 2012 Datazones of Ladywell Braes North and Eliburn North East. Level of local deprivation was previously masked as demographically dissimilar streets were grouped together. The low ranking is due to the Income and Health domains combined with a slightly higher Employment domain ranking suggest an ongoing issue of In Work Poverty in the area. In addition to the 16 datazones described above, a further 22 West Lothian datazones sit within the 15 to 20% ranking range for Scotland. Therefore a total of 38 datazones are in in the most deprived 20% of Scottish