HC Deb 13 March 1997 vol 292 cc285-7W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authority delegations which met him or his Department's Ministers, and the hon. Member who accompanied each such delegation, and the subjects discussed between 1 November 1996 and 28 February 1997. [19717]

Sir Paul Beresford

A total of 79 authorities, as listed, sent delegations to Ministers in the Department of the Environment during the consultation period on the proposed local government finance settlement for England for 1997–98. The composition of each delegation was entirely a matter for individual local authorities, which were free to invite hon. Members to accompany them as they saw fit. A range of local government finance issues was discussed at each meeting.

1. County Councils (21 meetings)

  • Bedfordshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Durham
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
    • 286
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Warwickshire.

2 Shire Districts (26 meetings)

  • Blaby (Leicestershire)
  • Castle Point (Essex)
  • Castle Morpeth (Northumberland)
  • Copeland (Cumbria)
  • Darlington (Durham)
  • Derby (Derbyshire)
  • East Hampshire
  • Harlow (Essex)
  • Hertsmere (Hertfordshire)
  • Leicester (Leicestershire)
  • Luton (Bedfordshire)
  • Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire)
  • Northampton (Northamptonshire)
  • Nottingham City (Nottinghamshire)
  • Plymouth City (Devon)
  • Poole (Dorset)
  • Purbeck (Dorset)
  • Rutland (Leicestershire)
  • Salisbury (Wiltshire)
  • Stoke on Trent (Staffordshire)
  • Warrington (Cheshire)
  • Waverley (Surrey)
  • West Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
  • West Somerset
  • Woking (Surrey)
  • York City (North Yorkshire).

3. Metropolitan Districts (12 meetings)

  • Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
  • Bradford (West Yorkshire)
  • Birmingham (West Midlands)
  • Coventry (West Midlands)
  • Doncaster (South Yorkshire)
  • Manchester (Greater Manchester)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Rotherham (South Yorkshire)
  • Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
  • South Yorks districts
  • Stockport (Greater Manchester)
  • Wolverhampton (West Midlands).

4. London Boroughs (10 meetings)

  • Brent
  • Greenwich
    • 287
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Harrow
  • Havering
  • Hillingdon
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Merton
  • Redbridge
  • Richmond upon Thames.

5. Unitary Authorities (7 meetings)

  • Bristol City
  • Ex Cleveland Unitaries
  • Isle of Wight
  • Middlesbrough
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • South Gloucester
  • Stockton on Tees.

6. Police Authorities (1 meeting)

  • Greater Manchester.

7. Fire Authorities (2 meetings)

  • Humberside Fire
  • Tyne and Wear FCDA.