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Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many seats on parish and town councils in England and Wales were vacant on 1st January in each year since 1995. - This information is not held centrally.

Asked by

Alan Hurst (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2002

Reference

55408; 385 c514W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to lay regulations enabling local authorities to switch to alternative year elections where they have reduced the number of councillors representing wards from three to two. - Including ref to White Paper, Strong Local...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2002

Reference

53266; 384 c810W;384 c809-10W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the instances in which breaches of declaration of interest by parish and town councillors have been reported to his Department.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2002

Reference

52330; 384 c469-70W;384 c467-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, What representations he has received with regard to the proposed code of conduct for parish councillors. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2002

Reference

384 c176W; 49417

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many parish councillors have resigned in each month since 1st January.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 April 2002

Reference

50604; 383 c1088W;383 c1087W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what statutory provisions govern restrictions in the employment of local authority councillors in a maintained school in the same local education authority area.

Asked by

Louise Ellman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

47574; 383 c73W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what duty parish councillors have to provide notification to the monitoring officer of the responsible local authority of all interests, including financial interests, membership of institutions, companies or public bodies, as laid out in paragraph 13 of...

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

47982; 383 c81-2W;383 c82W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to monitor the impact on the vitality of parish councils of new requirements for members' disclosure of interest.

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

48206; 383 c81W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. - Inc fact that...

Asked by

Brian Jenkins (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2002

Reference

44560; 382 c670W;382 c665-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, What proposals he has to review allowances for councillors; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Nick Hawkins (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2002

Reference

36672; 381 c173W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he gives to local authorities on (a) the payment of honourable Members' allowances and (b) employment of political staff. - Inc figures.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 February 2002

For answer on

4 March 2002

Answered on

4 March 2002

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what guidance he gives to local authorities on (a) the payment of members' allowances and (b) employment of political staff. [40282] Dr. Whitehead: We issued local authorities with guidance on allowances for councillors in April 2001. Local authorities are required to have regard to the statutory parts of this guidance, as well as to the relevant legislation. The guidance sets out that basic and special responsibility allowances are discretionary allowances, with levels set by individual local authorities, having regard to the recommendations of their independent remuneration panels. Local authorities are required to publish the details of their scheme of allowances, the amount of each allowance paid to each member, and the recommendations of their independent remuneration panel. The maximum levels payable to councillors for travel and subsistence are governed by section 174 of the Local Government Act 1972. They were last updated in April 2000 by an Annex to Circular 1/86. The employment of political staff is covered by section 9 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. There may be no more than three political assistants in a Local Authority. These posts are usually assigned to the three largest political groups which have ten per cent. or more of the membership of the authority, unless the authority decides to allow a different minority group to appoint a political assistant. Where only one political group has more than 10 per cent. of the authority's membership, that group and the next largest group will be entitled to appoint a political assistant. A political assistant may not discharge any of an authority's functions, nor may they direct any staff except for their own clerical or secretarial support. The maximum remuneration of political assistants is set by the Local Government (Assistant for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995, and is currently £25,044.

Date

4 March 2002

Reference

40282; 381 c104-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish figures for the average pay of (a) council leaders and (b) the cabinet members of local authorities which operate cabinet government in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. -...

Asked by

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 2002

Reference

37104; 380 c806W;380 c808W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much county councillors with cabinet responsibility are paid (a) in Lancashire and (b) on average in the UK. - Inc figures and fact that Department does not collect information from councils on the average allowances of...

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 2002

Reference

36428; 380 c828-9W;380 c830-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it is his intention that parish councillors should be bound under the code of conduct to declare gifts and hospitality of over £25 in value only if received in connection with their official duties.

Asked by

Oliver Letwin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 February 2002

Reference

35033; 380 c35W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what effort he has made to encourage local authorities to be more (a) family friendly and (b) sensitive to caring responsibilities in order to attract and retain women representatives; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 January 2002

Reference

29970; 379 c187W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Westminster City Council concerning the recovery of the money due from Dame Shirley Porter and David Weeks; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 January 2002

Reference

25382; 377 c850-1W;377 c854W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the National Standards Board is investigating complaints about the establishment of a local standards committee by Lincolnshire County Council; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 11 December 2001).

Asked by

Baroness Merron (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2001

Reference

377 c221W; 22216

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the National Standards Board is investigating complaints on alleged breaches of the code of conduct by Lincolnshire county councillors; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 11 December 2001).

Asked by

Baroness Merron (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 2001

Reference

376 c881W; 22217

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what figures he has collated on the average salaries in 2001-02 of the leader and other cabinet members of each English (a) city council, (b) county council, (c) district council and (d) London borough council.

Asked by

Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 December 2001

For answer on

11 December 2001

Answered on

11 December 2001

Mr. Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what figures he has collated on the average salaries in 2001-02 of the leader and other cabinet members of each English (a) city council, (b) county council, (c) district council and (d) London borough council. [21412] Dr. Whitehead: My department does not collect information from councils on the average salaries of leaders and other cabinet members. The Improvement and Development Agency has asked all English local authorities to submit information on member allowances following The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2001. Authorities are asked to send details once they have come to a decision following a review of allowances by an independent panel as required under the new regulation. The average allowances of leaders and other cabinet members of local authorities who have reviewed their schemes under the new regulations and made the information available to the Improvement and Development Agency, by local authority type, as of 4 December 2001, are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Average allowances Number of councils Leader (£) Cabinet/ Executive (£) London borough 6 19,454 9,030 Met district 8 20,737 10,155 Shire county 13 20,701 11,643 Shire district 79 8,444 4,474 Unitary 16 15,112 7,682 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk, Member Allowance Summary Survey.

Date

11 December 2001

Reference

376 c802W; 21412

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what figures he has collated on (a) the total cost and (b) the cost per capita in the last year for which figures are available of running (i) London borough councils (ii) English county councils, (iii) English...

Asked by

Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 December 2001

For answer on

11 December 2001

Answered on

11 December 2001

Mr. Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what figures he has collated on (a) the total cost and (b) the cost per capita in the last year for which figures are available of running (i) London borough councils (ii) English county councils, (iii) English city councils, (iv) English unitary authorities and (v) English district councils broken down into (A) administration costs, (B) electoral costs, and (C) councillor salaries. [21513] Dr. Whitehead: English local authorities have reported the following expenditure{1} figures: 1999-2000 Outturn _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London borough Metropolitan Unitary authorities Shire counties{ 3} Shire districts councils{ 2} district Corporate and Democratic 166.82 187.41 167.04 134.62 317.21 Core{4} (£ million) Administration and support 1,096.55 1,101.22 1,054.81 788.40 1,929.57 services{5} (£ million) Cost of local elections (£ 1.11 4.75 3.99 0.32 19.02 million) Population figures 7.29 11.13 8.30 23.04 23.04 (million) Corporate and Democratic 22.90 16.83 20.14 5.84 13.77 Core cost per capita (£) Administration and support 150.52 98.91 127.15 34.22 83.76 services cost per capita (£) Cost of local elections per 0.15 0.43 0.48 0.01 0.83 capita (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Total expenditure consisting of employee expenses plus running expenses (includes joint arrangements). {2} Includes City of London. {3} Includes Isles of Scilly. {4} Includes expenditure in Councillors' allowances and expenses. {5} Some authorities may record some administrative and support services expenditure under individual services.

Date

11 December 2001

Reference

376 c804W; 21513

House

House of Commons

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