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Yorkshire and The Humber

Scunthorpe

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,579 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)

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Your councillors

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
143/543
health
185/543
income
205/543
housing
426/543
education
161/543
employment
218/543
environment
449/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 143/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 205/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
73 income-focused charities, 539 employees
employment LOW
Rank 218/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
70 employment-focused charities, 1135 employees
health LOW
Rank 185/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
200 health-focused charities, 2372 employees
GP ratio: 1:2579 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 161/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
223 education-focused charities, 2603 employees

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

493 registered charities

493
Charities
£4,896,221
Grants to HQ'd charities
3,269
Employees
9,317
Volunteers
27.5%
Govt funded
LOW
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

FRANCES SANDERS FOR POOR
NATHANIEL EASTON
THE ERIC GORDON MALLALIEU BURSARY FUND

192 staff
WYDALE HALL

75 staff
SIR BRYNMOR JONES LEGACY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE APPEAL FUND CHARITY
WINTERTON AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)
BARROW-UPON-HUMBER PRESCHOOL
FRIENDS OF MESSINGHAM SCHOOL
KIRTON IN LINDSEY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY

GP and primary care

12
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,579
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 379 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Scunthorpe, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 4,500
Education 3,500
Transport 3,210
Construction 2,800
Social Care 2,300
Environment / Green 320

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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