§ Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many of the town and country planning applications called in by him in each of the last 10 years(a) were recommended by his inspector for approval and (b) were accepted by him; in how many cases his inspector recommended refusal; and of these how many were accepted by him. [116282]
§ Mr. RaynsfordInformation is available on the following basis:
Year Number approved Number in line with Inspector Number refused Number in line with Inspector 1996–97 56 55 51 43 1997–98 124.5 123.5 163.5 161.5 1998–99 46 44 73 65 1999–20002 41 39 36 35 1 Includes a split decision on one case 2 Provisional Note:
Figures are not available for earlier years