The Scottish Government

The planning cycle for updating the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in 2009 provides an opportunity to review the SIMD website. The Scottish Government are keen to seek the opinions of users of the website to scope possible developments to the 'look and feel' of the existing site. A blog has been created on the SNS User Group website and we would be grateful for any comments.

28/06/07

A Frequently Asked Questions page about the use and analysis of the SIMD have been added to the website. If you do not find an answer to your question here, please contact us at neighbourhood.statistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

10/01/07

SIMD 2006 change maps for each local authority, showing which areas have moved into, out from, or remained in the 15% most deprived between the SIMD 2004 and SIMD 2006 are now available within the Data and Analysis section of the website.

17/10/06

The SIMD 2006 was published today. The associated statistical and ministerial news releases are available at www.scotland.gov.uk/simd2006news. The SIMD 2006 is an update to the SIMD 2004 and includes, for the first time, a crime domain and public-transport sub-domain. The use of a stable geography (the data zone) allows analysis of relative change in deprived areas over time. Alongside the General Report, which includes an initial analysis of the SIMD 2006 and change since SIMD 2004, the Scottish Executive have also published a Guidance Leaflet, Technical Report and background data.

03/11/05

The Scottish Government's Long Term Strategy for Measuring Deprivation included a commitment to evaluate the statistical techniques used in SIMD 2004. On 3 November 2005, the Scottish Government released an evaluation of the statistical techniques in the SIMD 2004, conducted by the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (RCB), University of Glasgow. The report can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/simd2004evaluation and a statistical publication notice, containing the Scottish Government's official response can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/statspubnoticevalsimd2004

19/07/05

A minor revision was made to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004 on 19 July 2005. Further details of the revision can be found in a statistical publication notice at: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/07/simd2004revisionjuly05. The interactive maps and background data now contain the revised SIMD 2004.