HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 cc547-9W
Mr. Levitt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many adjudications on the closure or diversion of footpaths he was called upon to make for each relevant authority in the last year for which figures are available; and in how many of these cases the local authority's view was overturned. [101152]

Mr. Mullin

The number of decisions made by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on the closure and diversion of footpaths for each relevant authority between the periods 1 November 1998 and 31 October 1999 are as follows:

Order making authority Number of closures/diversions Number of orders not confirmed1
Ashford Borough Council 3 0
Babergh District Council 2 0
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0
Bath and North East Somerset Council 1 0
Bedfordshire County Council 5 0
Bolsover District Council 1 0
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 1 1
Broxbourne Borough Council 2 2
Buckingham County Council 1 0
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0
Cambridgeshire County Council 3 0
Cherwell District Council 1 0
Chichester District Council 1 0
Cornwall County Council 4 2
Cumbria County Council 2 0
Darlington County Council 6 0
Derbyshire County Council 1 0
Devon County Council 4 2
Durham County Council 2 0
East Cambridgeshire District Council 1 0
East Northants District Council 1 0
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 1 0
Epping Forest District Council 1 1
Gloucestershire County Council 1 1
Hampshire County Council 1 0
Harborough District Council 1 0
High Peak Borough Council 1 1
Kent County Council 6 0
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0
Lake District Special Planning Board 4 0
Leeds City Council 2 2
Lincoln City Council 2 2
London Borough of Bromley 1 1
London Borough of Hillingham 1 0
London Borough of Newham 2 1
Manchester City Council 1 0
Mendip District Council 1 1
Mid-Bedfordshire District Council 2 1
Mid-Suffolk District Council 1 0
North East Derbyshire District Council 3 2
North Norfolk District Council 1 1
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council 4 0
North Yorkshire County Council 8 1
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 2 1
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 2 1
Oxfordshire County Council 1 0
Pendle Borough Council 1 0
Plymouth City Council 1 0
Portsmouth District Council 1 1
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 1 0
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 1 0
Rossendale Borough Council 1 0
Rotherham Borough Council l 0
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead l 0
Runnymede Borough Council l 0
Sedgemoor District Council l 0
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council l 0
Shropshire County Council 3 1
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 2 1
South Bedfordshire District Council 3 3
South Cambridgeshire District Council 1 0
South Gloucestershire Council 1 0
South Kesteven District Council 2 1
South Norfolk District Council 2 1
South Northants District Council 3 0
South Somerset District Council 2 0
St. Edmundsbury Borough Council 2 0
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 1 1
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 1 1
Stroud District Council 1 0
Surrey County Council 4 1
Swale Borough Council 1 0
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0
Taunton Deane Borough Council 2 0
The Wrekin District Council 1 0

Order making authority Number of closures/diversions Number of orders not confirmed1
Tonbridge and Mailing District Council 1 0
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 1 0
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 1 1
Warwick District Council 1 0
Warwickshire County Council 5 0
Watford Borough Council 1 0
Wealden District Council 1 1
West Dorset District Council 2 2
West Wiltshire District Council 1 0
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0
Wiltshire County Council 2 1
Worcester City Council 1 0
Worcestershire County Council 2 0
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority 1 0
Total 160 40
1 Includes orders which where substantially modified before confirmation