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Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to local authorities about salary levels for senior staff they employ. [HL823]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): This department has no responsibility for setting nor for providing guidance on senior staff salary levels in local authorities. Local authorities are responsible for all pay and grading decisions, including those for senior officials.
The joint negotiating committees for chief executives and chief officers produce guidance on salary frameworks and conditions of service for local authority chief executives and chief officers. Details of how to obtain the relevant handbooks can be found on the local government employers website at www.lge.gov.uk/lge/core/page.do?pageId=l 22304.
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Multi-area Agreements
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government which areas have signed multi-area agreements; and which unitary, top-tier and second-tier local authorities are taking part in each one. [HL787]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): The following areas have signed multi-area agreements:
| Areas | Authorities involved |
To ask Her Majesty's Government what extra funds and other resources they will provide to each of the multi-area agreements that have been set up. [HL788]
Baroness Andrews: MAAs are agreements concluded between local partnerships and the Government to find collaborative ways to overcome practical and regulatory obstacles to improved service delivery. As such, the Government have no plans to, as a result of these agreements, provide extra funds and resources to any of the MAAs that have been set up.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government which of their powers and responsibilities will be transferred to the local authorities in each of the areas which have signed multi-area agreements. [HL801]
Baroness Andrews: The freedoms and flexibilities that the Government have agreed to deliver as part of the 10 signed MAAs are listed in the individual agreements. I have placed a table in the Library of the House which draws these together.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures there are for delivering railway improvement schemes that are included in multi-area agreements. [HL802]
Baroness Andrews: There are no set procedures for delivering railway improvement schemes that are included in multi-area agreements. Each agreement is bespoke and therefore tailored to the needs of an individual sub-region. Government departments involved in agreeing schemes to be included in multi-area agreements are committed to supporting delivery and CLG has in place an implementation plan, with appropriate checks, to monitor progress and delivery of each agreement.
National Parks
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals were lodged against planning decisions by each of the National Park authorities in England and Wales in each of the past five years; how many such planning decisions were upheld; how many were rejected; and what was the total cost to each of the authorities. [HL611]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): The table below shows the number of planning appeals for national park authorities in England and Wales received by the Planning Inspectorate from 2004 to 2008. Also shown is the number of appeals decided and, of those, the number allowed (planning authorities' decision overturned) and the number dismissed (planning authorities' decision upheld).
Information on costs incurred by local planning authorities in relation to planning appeals is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| National Park Authority | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| National Park Authority | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed |
Religious Tolerance
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