Contents

INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY


A   ACCESS TO SERVICES

1   Accessibility of Key Services

2   Travel

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B   COMMUNITY WELL BEING/SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

1   Population

2   Perceptions of Neighbourhood and Service Provision

3   Participation in Community Organisations

4   Voting Turnout

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C   CRIME

1   Recorded Crime

2   Disorder

3   Fear of Crime

4   Offender data

5   Young offenders

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D   ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION

1   Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000

2   Indebtedness

3   Low Income

4   Wealth/Assets

5   Suffolk’s Economy and Development

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E   EDUCATION, SKILLS AND TRAINING

1   Pre-school Education

2   Pupil Attainment

3   Adult Learning

4   Continuing Education

5   Absenteeism

6   School Exclusions

7   Special Needs Provision

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F   HEALTH

Health Improvement Programmes and Primary Care Groups

1   Accident and Emergency Statistics

2   Disability

3   Drug and Alcohol Misuse

4   Healthy Lifestyles

5   Maternal, Infant and Early Child Health

6   Mortality

7   Teenage Pregnancies

8   Poverty and Health

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G   HOUSING

1   Affordability

2   Homelessness

3   Houses in Multiple Occupation

4   Unfit Housing and Disrepair

5   Vacant Properties

6   Home Improvement Grant Activity

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H   PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

1   Air Quality

2   Land Use

3   Traffic

4   Suffolk Local Biodiversity Action Plan

5   Waste Management

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I   WORK DEPRIVATION

1   Availability of Childcare

2   Employment

3   Measures of Worklessness

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 - Bibliography

APPENDIX 2 - Information Gaps

APPENDIX 3 - District and County Council Election Results (voting turnout)

APPENDIX 4 - Index of Multiple Deprivation by Ward

APPENDIX 5 - Wards in Suffolk - Map