§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the number of appeals to the district valuer against right-to-buy valuations made in each London borough during(a) 1988 and (b) the first quarter of 1989, indicating the numbers resulting in reductions.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information requested is as follows:
authorities have planning jurisdiction and (b) do not have to live within the area of their planning jurisdiction as a result of their election.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 29 June 1989]: Except in areas covered by the Peak District and Lake District national parks, the Broads Authority and the English urban development corporations, the planning authority is 583W the local authority. Section 79(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 requires that candidates for election to office as a member of a local authority should (a) be a local government elector for the area of the authority or (b) have occupied as owner or tenant land or premises in the area for the whole 12 months preceding the election or (c) have worked in the area during the preceding 12 months or (d) have lived in the area during the whole of the preceding 12 months.