§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will state the number of outstanding applications for consent under the Local Government Act 1985 submitted by the Greater Manchester county council; and how many have been outstanding for (a) less than one month, (b) less than two months and (c) more than three months;
Authority Number of applications outstanding One month or less Between one and two months Over three months Total outstanding Greater London council 61 34 101 208 Greater Manchester council 39 6 28 75 Merseyside county council 2 2 0 4 South Yorkshire county council 7 1 9 19 Tyne and Wear county council 10 4 4 18 West Midlands county council 11 4 4 19 West Yorkshire county council 1 1 11 13