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Regional Assemblies
Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what mechanisms will be put in place to resolve differences between elected local authorities over the content and adoption of a regional spatial strategy by a regional chamber. [195256]
Keith Hill:
If there are still unresolved issues at the point at which the Regional Planning Body (RPB) submits draft Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) revision to the Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, these will be addressed in the context of the independently facilitated Examination in Public (EiP). The EiP considers representations made by interested parties and a Panel report is subsequently submitted to the Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, and the report published. The Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, will then publish and consult on proposed changes before approving and issuing the final RSS.
Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on allowing non-UK nationals to vote in (a) local elections, (b) regional government elections and (c) regional assembly referendums. [195261]
Mr. Raynsford:
The information is as follows:
(a) Under the Representation of the People of the People Act 1983, those entitled to vote in local government elections are British citizens, other qualifying Commonwealth citizens, citizens of the Republic of Ireland and citizens of the European Union states. Those who are not included in any of these categories are not eligible to be included in the electoral register and are therefore not eligible to vote in local government elections. (b) The Government intend that the franchise for regional assembly elections will be based on the local government elections franchise, in this respect, and will be set out explicitly in the relevant
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dedicated enabling legislation. (c) The franchise for regional assembly referendums is based on the local government elections franchise and is set out explicitly in the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003.
Special Grants (Lincolnshire)
Mr. Austin Mitchell:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) funding and (b) grants additional to the rate support grant have been made available to North East Lincolnshire over the last two financial years. [195137]
Phil Hope:
In the last two financial years, the amount of funding and grant made available to North East Lincolnshire, in additional to the revenue support grant, are tabled as follows.
£000
| 2003–04 | 2004–05
|
|---|
Special and specific grants inside
aggregate external finance (AEF) | 21,578 | 32,276
|
| Redistributed non-domestic rates | 47,847 | 44,134
|
| Total | 69,425 | 76,410
|
The data are as reported by local authorities and are taken from the Revenue Account budget estimate forms for 2003–04 and 2004–05.
Shona McIsaac:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the special grants awarded to (a) North Lincolnshire council and (b) North East Lincolnshire council in each year since 1997; and what the value was of each grant. [195212]
Phil Hope:
The grants within Aggregate External Finance that have been awarded to (a) North Lincolnshire council and (b) North East Lincolnshire council since 1997–98 are tabled as follows.
The data are as reported by the local authority and use outturn data for 1997–98 to 2002–03 and budget data for 2003–04 and 2004–05.
North East Lincolnshire UA
£000
| Grants within AEF | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01
|
|---|
| Access and Systems Capacity | — | — | — | —
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credit | — | — | — | —
|
| Adoption Support and Special Guardianship | — | — | — | —
|
| AIDS/HIV Support | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4
|
| Asylum Seekers | — | 28 | 28 | 953
|
| Building Care Capacity | — | — | — | —
|
| Carers Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | — | — | — | —
|
| Child Care and Early Years | — | — | — | 239
|
| Children's Services | — | — | — | 356
|
| Children's Social Services | — | — | — | —
|
| Choice Protects | — | — | — | —
|
| Class Size Reductions | — | — | — | 715
|
| Community Care Special Transitional Grant | 972 | 1,095 | 1,095 | —
|
| Council Tax Benefit Administration | 206 | 208 | 208 | 241
|
| Deferred Payment | — | — | — | —
|
| Delayed Discharges | — | — | — | —
|
| Detrunking | — | — | — | —
|
| Drug and Alcohol Misusers | — | — | — | 10
|
| Education Budget Support Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Education Maintenance Allowances | — | — | — | —
|
| Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant | — | 30 | 30 | 25
|
| Excellence in Cities | — | — | — | —
|
| General Sure Start Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Guardians ad Litem | 31 | — | — | —
|
| Homelessness Strategies | — | — | 26 | —
|
| Housing Benefit Administration | 281 | 277 | 277 | 271
|
| Leadership Incentive | — | — | — | —
|
| Magistrates Courts | 625 | 752 | 752 | 758
|
| Mental Health | 159 | 174 | 174 | 339
|
| Nursery Education Grant for four year olds | — | — | — | 218
|
| Nursery Education for three year olds | — | — | — | —
|
| Performance Fund | — | — | — | —
|
| Preserved Rights | — | — | — | —
|
| Probation (Ordinary 80 per cent. Grant) | 985 | 1,026 | 1,026 | 1,150
|
| Promoting Independence | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Carers | — | — | — | 156
|
| Promoting Independence: Partnership | — | — | — | 664
|
| Promoting Independence: Prevention | — | — | — | 93
|
| Provision for three year olds | — | — | — | 649
|
| Residential Allowance | — | — | — | —
|
| Rural Bus Challenge | — | — | — | —
|
| Rural Bus Services | | 42 | 42 | 43
|
| Rural Bus Subsidy | — | — | — | —
|
| Safeguarding Children | — | — | — | —
|
| School Standards Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Section 11 (Ethnic Minorities) Grant (excluding SRB) | 25 | — | — | —
|
| Social Services Training Support Programme | 159 | 169 | 169 | 228
|
| Standards Fund | 754 | 1,173 | 1,173 | 3,736
|
| Supported Employment | 64 | — | — | 61
|
| Supporting People Administration | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Implementation Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Housing | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Social Services | — | — | — | —
|
| Sure Start | — | — | — | 679
|
| Teachers Pay Reform | — | — | — | 345
|
| Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation | — | — | — | —
|
| The Private Finance Initiative | — | — | — | —
|
| Training Support Programme | — | — | — | —
|
| Under fives specific grant | — | 20 | 20 | —
|
| Urban Bus Challenge | — | — | — | —
|
| Waste Re-Cycling Challenge | — | — | — | —
|
| Workstep | — | — | — | —
|
| Young Peoples Substance Misuse Planning | — | — | — | —
|
| Youth Justice | — | — | — | 10
|
| Other grants within AEF | — | 129 | 129 | 450
|
| Total grants within AEF | 4,265 | 5,127 | 5,127 | 12,393
|
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£000
| 2001–02 | 2002–03 | Budget 2003–04 | Budget 2004–05
|
|---|
| Access and Systems Capacity | — | — | 527 | 1,428
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credit | — | — | — | 177
|
| Adoption Support and Special Guardianship | — | — | — | 75
|
| AIDS/HIV Support | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9
|
| Asylum Seekers | 771 | 592 | 641 | 450
|
| Building Care Capacity | — | 506 | — | —
|
| Carers Grant | — | 267 | 312 | 389
|
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | — | — | 146 | 198
|
| Child Care and Early Years | 685 | 466 | 549 | —
|
| Children's Services | — | — | 1,828 | —
|
| Children's Social Services | 903 | 1,904 | — | —
|
| Choice Protects | — | — | — | 98
|
| Class Size Reductions | 662 | — | — | —
|
| Community Care Special Transitional Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Council Tax Benefit Administration | 258 | 267 | 241 | 546
|
| Deferred Payment | — | 3 | 136 | —
|
| Delayed Discharges | — | — | — | 313
|
| Detrunking | — | — | — | 10
|
| Drug and Alcohol Misusers | 51 | — | — | —
|
| Education Budget Support Grant | 2,237 | — | — | —
|
| Education Maintenance Allowances | — | 737 | — | —
|
| Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Excellence in Cities | — | — | 869 | 1,542
|
| General Sure Start Grant | — | — | — | 759
|
| Guardians ad Litem | — | — | — | —
|
| Homelessness Strategies | — | — | — | —
|
| Housing Benefit Administration | 279 | 383 | 1,063 | 915
|
| Leadership Incentive | — | — | 675 | 884
|
| Magistrates Courts | 882 | 1,034 | 1,247 | 1,353
|
| Mental Health | 398 | 478 | 405 | 401
|
| Nursery Education Grant for four year olds | — | — | — | —
|
| Nursery Education for three year olds | — | 824 | — | —
|
| Performance Fund | — | 67 | 297 | —
|
| Preserved Rights | — | 2,032 | 2,143 | 1,561
|
| Probation (Ordinary 80 per cent. Grant) | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence | 929 | 484 | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Carers | 220 | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Partnership | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Prevention | — | — | — | —
|
| Provision for three year olds | 730 | — | — | —
|
| Residential Allowance | — | 294 | — | 2,313
|
| Rural Bus Challenge | — | — | 118 | 113
|
| Rural Bus Services | 55 | 62 | — | —
|
| Rural Bus Subsidy | — | — | 63 | 74
|
| Safeguarding Children | — | — | — | 294
|
| School Standards Grant | 360 | 2,261 | 2,744 | 2,953
|
| Section 11 (Ethnic Minorities) Grant (excluding SRB) | — | — | — | —
|
| Social Services Training Support Programme | 251 | 235 | — | —
|
| Standards Fund | 5,673 | 7,005 | 3,082 | 5,306
|
| Supported Employment | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Administration | — | — | 261 | 179
|
| Supporting People Implementation Grant | — | 122 | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Housing | — | — | — | 2,582
|
| Supporting People Programme—Social Services | — | — | — | 4,003
|
| Sure Start | — | — | — | —
|
| Teachers Pay Reform | 2,275 | 2,226 | 1,690 | 1,819
|
| Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation | — | 171 | 198 | 222
|
| The Private Finance Initiative | 221 | 580 | 478 | 535
|
| Training Support Programme | — | — | 216 | 382
|
| Under fives specific grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Urban Bus Challenge | — | — | 153 | 111
|
| Waste Re-Cycling Challenge | — | — | 583 | —
|
| Workstep | — | — | — | 78
|
| Young Peoples Substance Misuse Planning | — | 23 | — | —
|
| Youth Justice | — | — | — | —
|
| Other grants within AEF | 1,850 | 404 | 907 | 178
|
| Total grants within AEF | 19,696 | 23,436 | 21,578 | 32,276
|
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North Lincolnshire UA
£000
| Grants within AEF | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01
|
|---|
| Access and Systems Capacity | — | — | — | —
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credit | — | — | — | —
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Tax Credits | — | — | — | —
|
| Adoption Support and Special Guardianship | — | — | — | —
|
| AIDS/HIV Support | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6
|
| Asylum Seekers | — | 2 | 17 | 36
|
| Building Care Capacity | — | — | — | —
|
| Carers Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | — | — | — | —
|
| Child Care and Early Years | — | — | — | 170
|
| Children's Services | — | — | 159 | 250
|
| Children's Social Services | — | — | — | —
|
| Choice Protects | — | — | — | —
|
| Class Size Reductions | — | — | 1,011 | 945
|
| Community Care Special Transitional Grant | 919 | 989 | — | —
|
| Council Tax Benefit Administration | 149 | 168 | — | —
|
| Deferred Payment | — | — | — | —
|
| Delayed Discharges | — | — | — | —
|
| Detrunking | — | — | — | —
|
| Drug and Alcohol Misusers | — | — | — | 6
|
| Education Budget Support Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant | — | 506 | 183 | 164
|
| Excellence in Cities | — | — | — | —
|
| Guardians ad Litem | 36 | — | — | —
|
| Homelessness Strategies | — | — | — | —
|
| Housing Benefit Administration | 202 | 186 | 354 | 351
|
| Human Resources Development Strategy | — | — | — | —
|
| Leadership Incentive | — | — | — | —
|
| Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA) Performance Reward | — | — | — | —
|
| Magistrates Courts | 506 | — | — | —
|
| Mental Health | 150 | 165 | 342 | 387
|
| National Training Strategy | — | — | — | —
|
| Nursery Education Grant for four year olds | — | — | 186 | 850
|
| Nursery Education for three year olds | — | — | — | —
|
| Performance Fund | — | — | — | —
|
| Preserved Rights | — | — | — | —
|
| Probation (Ordinary 80 per cent. Grant) | 940 | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Carers | — | — | 42 | 137
|
| Promoting Independence: Partnership | — | — | 718 | 599
|
| Promoting Independence: Prevention | — | — | 50 | 75
|
| Provision for three year olds | — | — | — | 495
|
| Residential Allowance | — | — | — | —
|
| Rural Bus Subsidy | — | 133 | 253 | 257
|
| Safeguarding Children | — | — | — | —
|
| School Budget Support Grant | — | — | — | 162
|
| School Standards Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Section 11 (Ethnic Minorities) Grant (excluding SRB) | 195 | — | — | —
|
| Social Services Training Support Programme | 183 | 178 | 180 | 172
|
| Standards Fund | 670 | 2,034 | 2,073 | 3,906
|
| Supported Employment | 168 | 174 | 182 | 210
|
| Supporting People Administration | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Implementation Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Housing | — | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Social Services | — | — | — | —
|
| Sure Start | — | — | — | 20
|
| Teachers Pay Reform | — | — | — | 765
|
| Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation | — | — | — | —
|
| Training Support Programme | — | — | — | —
|
| Under fives specific grant | — | 183 | — | —
|
| Waste and Recycling | — | — | — | —
|
| Workstep | — | — | — | —
|
| Youth Justice | — | — | — | 15
|
| Other grants within AEF | 4,496 | 2,182 | 185 | 1,033
|
| Total grants within AEF | 8,622 | 6,904 | 5,941 | 11,011
|
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£000
| 2001–02 | 2002–03 | Budget 2003–04 | Budget 2004–05
|
|---|
| Access and Systems Capacity | — | — | 488 | 1,324
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credit | — | — | — | 40
|
| Additional HB and CTB administration due to Tax Credits | — | — | — | 32
|
| Adoption Support and Special Guardianship | — | — | — | 53
|
| AIDS/HIV Support | 16 | 27 | 15 | 26
|
| Asylum Seekers | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47
|
| Building Care Capacity | — | 454 | — | —
|
| Carers Grant | — | 232 | 271 | 340
|
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) | — | — | 101 | 139
|
| Child Care and Early Years | 437 | 958 | 1,020 | —
|
| Children's Services | — | — | 555 | —
|
| Children's Social Services | 643 | 1,075 | — | —
|
| Choice Protects | — | — | — | 89
|
| Class Size Reductions | 808 | — | — | —
|
| Community Care Special Transitional Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Council Tax Benefit Administration | — | — | 404 | 429
|
| Deferred Payment | — | — | 124 | —
|
| Delayed Discharges | — | — | — | 290
|
| Detrunking | — | — | — | 359
|
| Drug and Alcohol Misusers | 40 | — | — | —
|
| Education Budget Support Grant | 100 | — | — | —
|
| Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Excellence in Cities | — | — | 579 | 1,032
|
| Guardians ad Litem | — | — | — | —
|
| Homelessness Strategies | — | — | — | 38
|
| Housing Benefit Administration | 381 | 502 | 386 | 404
|
| Human Resources Development Strategy | — | — | — | 58
|
| Leadership Incentive | — | — | 625 | 650
|
| Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA) Performance Reward | — | — | 402 | —
|
| Magistrates Courts | — | — | 1,063 | —
|
| Mental Health | 406 | 452 | 409 | 394
|
| National Training Strategy | — | — | — | 77
|
| Nursery Education Grant for four year olds | — | — | — | —
|
| Nursery Education for three year olds | — | 845 | — | —
|
| Performance Fund | — | 62 | 274 | —
|
| Preserved Rights | — | 1,959 | 1,792 | 1,403
|
| Probation (Ordinary 80 per cent. Grant) | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence | 813 | 434 | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Carers | 190 | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Partnership | — | — | — | —
|
| Promoting Independence: Prevention | — | — | — | —
|
| Provision for three year olds | 794 | — | — | —
|
| Residential Allowance | — | 261 | 269 | 1,534
|
| Rural Bus Subsidy | 329 | 381 | 388 | 393
|
| Safeguarding Children | — | — | — | 207
|
| School Budget Support Grant | — | — | — | —
|
| School Standards Grant | 2,247 | 2,314 | 2,745 | 3,022
|
| Section 11 (Ethnic Minorities) Grant (excluding SRB) | — | — | — | —
|
| Social Services Training Support Programme | 206 | 200 | — | —
|
| Standards Fund | 3,977 | 6,219 | 2,597 | 4,300
|
| Supported Employment | 222 | — | — | —
|
| Supporting People Administration | — | — | 189 | 164
|
| Supporting People Implementation Grant | 57 | 170 | — | —
|
| Supporting People Programme | — | — | 1,835 | —
|
| Supporting People Programme—Housing | — | — | — | 515
|
| Supporting People Programme—Social Services | — | — | — | 3,058
|
| Sure Start | — | — | — | —
|
| Teachers Pay Reform | 1,944 | 3,240 | 1,787 | —
|
| Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation | — | 131 | 157 | 175
|
| Training Support Programme | — | — | 197 | 127
|
| Under fives specific grant | — | — | — | —
|
| Waste and Recycling | — | 44 | — | —
|
| Workstep | — | — | 225 | 208
|
| Youth Justice | — | — | — | —
|
| Other grants within AEF | 991 | 1,470 | 1,844 | 205
|
| Total grants within AEF | 14,625 | 21,456 | 20,775 | 21,132
|
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