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Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the procedures are for a district council which has adopted the cabinet system to revert to a committee-based system. [38114]
Mr. Woolas: Any local authority which is operating under the Cabinet system, which had a population of under 85,000 on 30 June 1999 may, by resolution of the council, move to the streamlined committee system. If the local authority has a directly elected mayor this move may only take place following a referendum of the local electorate endorsing the change. In all cases a local authority must first undertake consultation of residents, stakeholders and other interested parties on the proposed change, and have regard to the results of that consultation in determining the model and nature of constitutional arrangements.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much money has been raised by English Partnerships through the sale of assets in Lancashire in each of the last four years. [35476]
Yvette Cooper:
The following amounts have been raised by English Partnerships through the sale of assets in Lancashire over the past four financial years, and also over the course of this financial year.
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Financial year | Receipts (£ million) |
---|---|
200506(113) | 5.0 |
200405 | 5.8 |
200304 | 5.8 |
200203 | 8.9 |
200102 | 2.7 |
Total | 28.0 |
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many call outs each retained fire service in Staffordshire has had in each of the last five years. [37821]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold any data centrally on call outs by retained fire and rescue services.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many times out-of-county fire appliances have been called to emergencies in Staffordshire due to Staffordshire services already being engaged in each of the last five years. [37822]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold any data centrally on out-of-county fire appliance attendances.
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who makes the decision on appeals by companies wanting to build on a flood plain. [36120]
Yvette Cooper: The decision on a planning appeal is made by the planning inspector unless the appeal has been recovered for decision by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, the First Secretary of State.
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the appeal procedure is for a planning application which has been refused on the grounds that the building should not be allowed on a flood plain as shown by an Environment Agency flood map. [36127]
Yvette Cooper:
Guidance on planning appeals procedures is set out in DETR Circular 5/2000. Links to the relevant statutory instruments and information on making an appeal can also be found on the Planning Inspectorate's website at www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/making_appeals.
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Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many visits (a) he and (b) the Minister for Local Government and Communities has made on departmental business to each Government office region since May. [35580]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Since May, my right hon. Friends the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Local Government and communities have made visits on departmental business to each Government office region as follows:
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much land changing to residential use was within (a) the designated green belt and (b) greenfield land, in each year since 1997, broken down by region; [4312]
(2) how much land within the 1997 designated green belt changed to developed use in each year since 1997, broken down by region; [4313]
(3) how many new dwellings have been built within the 1997 designated green belt in each year since 1997, broken down by region. [4314]
Yvette Cooper [pursuant to the reply, 16 November 2005, Official Report, c.127578]: The available estimates are from Land Use Change Statistics, shown in the following tables. The numbers and table titles are unchanged but the units for the tables headed New dwellings within 1997 designated green belt", given previously as hectares", are corrected to dwellings". The order of the tables has also been changed to follow the order of the questions. The estimates for 2003 are provisional and are subject to revision. Figures are not shown for 1999 as the data received for that year were incomplete. Figures for 1997 to 2000 reflect planning policies and decisions made before this Government took office.
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