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| Examples Of Key Questions Are:
- What will be the effect on the availability of local facilities in the rural areas? Can policies be adjusted to protect or enhance such facilities?
- What will be the impact on access to and maintaining/improving services for rural people, particularly for less mobile groups such as the elderly?
- How can changes in business practice, delivery of services and access to goods achieve a positive impact in rural areas?
- Are there innovative ways in which access to goods and services could be improved for people living in rural areas?
- What will be the consequences for the ease and cost of travel in the rural areas where options are limited or expensive especially for low-income groups and others without access to a car?
- Will there be an impact on young people living in rural areas in any way?
- What will be the consequences for disadvantage groups in rural areas such as the elderly, people with disabilities, the homeless, unemployed, ethnic minorities?
- If policies are targeted at the disadvantaged, how will this be achieved in the rural areas, where disadvantage is less concentrated?
- What will be the effect on the rural economy, on market towns, and on rural businesses, including small businesses and the self-employed?
- What will be the impact on employment opportunities in rural areas and on those on low wages or in part-time and seasonal employment - which form a higher proportion of the rural workforce?
- What will be the impact on providing affordable, quality rural housing across all types of tenure?
- What will be the effect on education and training - on schools, colleges, access via local facilities or through transport or distance learning?
- What will be the impact on the use of and access to ICT in the rural areas?
- What will be the consequences for the quality and character of the natural and built rural landscape or on the natural environment and its biodiversity?
- What will be the effect on people wishing to reach and use the countryside for tourism, recreation and enjoyment?
This is not intended to be a definitive rural proofing checklist. There may be other questions that members may need to use that are particularly relevant to their own areas of activity.
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