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Yorkshire and The Humber

Dewsbury and Batley

1st decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 3,327 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)
Education deprivation: bottom 1.5%. Number of education-focused charities: 566.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
62/543
Bottom 20%
health
83/543
Bottom 20%
income
24/543
Bottom 10%
housing
204/543
education
10/543
Bottom 10%
employment
66/543
Bottom 20%
environment
110/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

income HIGH
Rank 24/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
210 income-focused charities, 1058 employees
education HIGH
Rank 10/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
566 education-focused charities, 4575 employees
crime HIGH
Rank 62/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment MODERATE
Rank 66/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
139 employment-focused charities, 1924 employees
health MODERATE
Rank 83/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
429 health-focused charities, 3658 employees
GP ratio: 1:3327 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 204/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
58 housing-focused charities, 1100 employees
environment LOW
Rank 110/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
261 environment-focused charities, 713 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

1084 registered charities

1,084
Charities
£13,128,766
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,264
Employees
29,051
Volunteers
18.4%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

BATLEY OLD PEOPLE'S PERMANENT WELFARE CENTRE
JAMES BROOK'S GIFT
POLLY AND THOMAS WHARTON
WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY QUARMBY FUND
ELISABETH EXWOOD MEMORIAL FUND
LADY ELIZABETH HASTING'S NON-EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
JAMES SHEPLEY
SPIRIT IN MIND

15 staff
THE MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND
MOLDGREEN AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

GP and primary care

17
GP practices
34
FQ FTE GPs
1:3,327
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 1127 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Dewsbury and Batley, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 4,000
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,050
Transport 1,300
Construction 1,295
Environment / Green 350

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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