§ The Earl of Iveaghasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 19 January (WA 95–96) that 38 per cent. of planning decisions by local planning authorities in England took longer than the statutory period in the 12 months to September 1998, whether they will publish a league table for individual district authorities' performance for that year. [HL658]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)The Government issued on 12 January 1999 the Planning Performance Checklist for the 12 months ending September 1998. This ranks local planning authorities in England according to the 169WA percentage of planning applications decided within eight weeks. A copy has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.