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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on reducing the number of (a) metropolitan district councils and (b) councillors in metropolitan counties with a combined authority and metro mayor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on reducing the number of (a) metropolitan district councils and (b) councillors in metropolitan counties with a combined authority and metro mayor.
The Government invited areas that wanted to negotiate a deal devolving major powers to come forward with written proposals by 4 September 2015. It is for local areas to propose governance structures that are right for them, including electoral changes that are wanted locally. Discussions continue with local areas on the precise arrangements to be put in place in areas to deliver deals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Local Government Boundary Review will next consider the (a) ward and (b) councillor arrangements in the metropolitan districts within Greater Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Local Government Boundary Review will next consider the (a) ward and (b) councillor arrangements in the metropolitan districts within Greater Manchester.
Whilst this is a matter for the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England, I understand that the Commission plan to begin a review of Manchester City Council in the summer to address high electoral variances across wards in the city.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local government representatives on altering section 7 (2) and (3) of the Local Government Act 1972 relating to elections in metropolitan districts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local government representatives on altering section 7 (2) and (3) of the Local Government Act 1972 relating to elections in metropolitan districts.
Whilst we have had no such discussions about these provisions in the Local Government Act 1972, which provide for metropolitan district councils to elect a third of the council in each of 3 years out of 4, my officials have had discussions or consultations with the councils of Birmingham and Rotherham about changing the pattern of their elections to the whole of the council being elected every four years.
I have laid the necessary statutory orders to move Birmingham to whole council elections from May 2018 and I intend shortly to lay the order to move Rotherham to whole council elections from May 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) working age adults were in receipt of incapacity benefit and (b) households in each Metropolitan council area were workless in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) working age adults were in receipt of incapacity benefit and (b) households in each Metropolitan council area were workless in the most recent period for which figures are available.
| Working age workless households¹, April to June 2007, not seasonally adjusted) | |
|---|---|
| Proportion (percentage) by Metropolitan council area | |
| GB | 16.1 |
| Barnsley | 25.0 |
| Birmingham | 21.4 |
| Bolton | 18.0 |
| Bradford | 17.7 |
| Bury | 14.4 |
| Calderdale | 19.2 |
| Coventry | 16.0 |
| Doncaster | 21.3 |
| Dudley | 18.5 |
| Gateshead | 19.9 |
| Kirklees | 17.3 |
| Knowsley | 27.0 |
| Leeds | 17.3 |
| Liverpool | 25.2 |
| Manchester | 24.7 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 20.9 |
| North Tyneside | 19.2 |
| Oldham | 25.1 |
| Rochdale | 26.0 |
| Rotherham | 19.6 |
| Salford | 23.7 |
| Sandwell | 22.9 |
| Sefton | 22.0 |
| Sheffield | 18.6 |
| Solihull | 14.0 |
| South Tyneside | 23.3 |
| St. Helens | 26.5 |
| Stockport | 14.4 |
| Sunderland | 23.5 |
| Tameside | 17.2 |
| Trafford | 7.4 |
| Wakefield | 15.6 |
| Walsall | 18.4 |
| Wigan | 22.8 |
| Wirral | 18.3 |
| Wolverhampton | 26.7 |
| ¹ A workless household is a household with at least one person of working age (men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59), and in which no one aged 16 or over is in employment. Notes: 1. Base for percentages excludes households with unknown economic activity status. 2. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin or uncertainty. Source: Labour Force Survey. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration has been given to altering the elections by thirds pattern of democracy in the metropolitan districts of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration has been given to altering the elections by thirds pattern of democracy in the metropolitan districts of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the merits of introducing single member wards in the metropolitan districts in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the merits of introducing single member wards in the metropolitan districts in England.
Whether any metropolitan district council outside of Merseyside has been asked to provide unlimited and unconditional guarantees relating to the capital expenditure on a scheme promoted by a passenger transport authority.
Whether any metropolitan district council outside of Merseyside has been asked to provide unlimited and unconditional guarantees relating to the capital expenditure on a scheme promoted by a passenger transport authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which metropolitan councils have placed limits on the numbers of licensed taxis; what the limits are in each case; and which metropolitan councils have placed no limits on the number of taxis. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which metropolitan councils have placed limits on the numbers of licensed taxis; what the limits are in each case; and which metropolitan councils have placed no limits on the number of taxis. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of taxis per head of population in each metropolitan authority. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of taxis per head of population in each metropolitan authority. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have started each of the New Deal for employment programmes in each (a) metropolitan authority and (b) county area in the North East region; how many of them have entered employment; how many have entered the New...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have started each of the New Deal for employment programmes in each (a) metropolitan authority and (b) county area in the North East region; how many of them have entered employment; how many have entered the New...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much revenue from council tax each (a) London borough and (b) Metropolitan authority received in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. - Inc table.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much revenue from council tax each (a) London borough and (b) Metropolitan authority received in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. - Inc table.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been identified by the Audit Commission in the last 10 years as having serious shortcomings in their financial controls; and what action his Department has taken in each case. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c333-4W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been identified by the Audit Commission in the last 10 years as having serious shortcomings in their financial controls; and what action his Department has taken in each case. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c333-4W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the budget overspend was for each metropolitan authority in each of the last three financial years; and what estimate he has made of budget overspends for the 2003-04 financial year. - Inc table. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c332-3W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the budget overspend was for each metropolitan authority in each of the last three financial years; and what estimate he has made of budget overspends for the 2003-04 financial year. - Inc table. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c332-3W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have developed a medium term financial strategy for the next three to five years. - Inc fact that information is not held centrally and disproportionate cost. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c332W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have developed a medium term financial strategy for the next three to five years. - Inc fact that information is not held centrally and disproportionate cost. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c332W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been warned by his Department that he may apply a council tax cap for the next financial year. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c333W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been warned by his Department that he may apply a council tax cap for the next financial year. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c333W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been identified by the Audit Commission in the last 10 years as having serious shortcomings in their financial controls; and what action his Department has taken in each case. (Printed on 08.03.2004 in Daily Part 418 c1226-7W).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which metropolitan authorities have been identified by the Audit Commission in the last 10 years as having serious shortcomings in their financial controls; and what action his Department has taken in each case. (Printed on 08.03.2004 in Daily Part 418 c1226-7W).