2. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 20 September 2016.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 2:26, 20 September 2016

Can I ask for a statement on census data collection for the 2021 census? What input does either the National Assembly or Welsh Government have on the boundaries of lower super output areas? These data, as you know, are used by the Welsh Government to target anti-poverty programmes. The mix created can—and has in my constituency—led to some of the poorest parts missing out because they were joined, some of them, with affluent parts, with the data producing a fairly high average, even though there are areas that were suffering extreme deprivation. What can be done to try and get the census organised to create more homogenous data collection areas to try and stop that happening?