§ Mr. GummerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many(a) Ministers, (b) Members of the other House taking the Labour Whip and (c) elected Labour councillors are (i) speaking and (ii) chairing themed discussions at the Urban Summit. [79342]
§ Mr. McNultyIn total about 150 people contributed to the Urban Summit as speakers, chairs or pannellists. There were 13 Ministers (including 3 members of the other House), 7 elected Labour Councillors (including one member of the other House) and one further member of the other House taking the Labour Whip speaking at the Urban Summit, either at plenary sessions or in themed sessions. One Minister chaired a Chemed session, another was chaired by a member from the other House taking the Labour whip and a third by an elected Labour Councillor.
§ Mr. GummerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many of the advertised(a) speakers and (b) chairmen of the themed sessions of the Urban Summit come from the private sector and are not members of Government-appointed public bodies. [79341]
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§ Mr. McNultyMore than 23 speakers, including plenary session speakers and panellists, and 3 chairs of the themed sessions came from the private sector. Information on how many of these are members of any Government appointed bodies is not readily available.
§ Mr. GummerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he plans to take to disseminate the results of the Urban Summit to(a) hon. Members, (b) councillors and (c) Members of the other House belonging to the (i) Conservative and (ii) Liberal Democrat parties. [79345]
§ Mr. McNultyThe results of the Urban Summit will be disseminated in a variety of ways. In particular, the messages and ideas coming from the Summit are to be fed into the development of the long term plan for sustainable communities which the Deputy Prime Minister will be presenting to the House in January 2003. A report of the proceedings of the Summit will be deposited in the House of Commons library. More generally, information on the outcomes from the debate and discussion at the Summit will be posted on the Urban Summit website, www.urbansummit.gov.uk.
§ Mr. LaxtonTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the SSA is, for each local authority in England(a) by service block and (b) in total for 2002–03; what these figures would be if 2001 census data had been substituted for mid-year 2000 population estimates; and what the difference is between the two sets of figures expressed (i) in £s and (ii) as a percentage of 2002–03 SSAs (A) for the relevant service block and (B) in total. [79873]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe information requested has been placed in the Library of the House. The 2001 census population data have been used, as requested, rather than the mid-2001 population estimates which we intend to use to calculate the 2003–04 Formula Spending Shares (FSSs).
§ Mr. GummerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the speakers and chairmen of the themed seminars of the Urban Summit are members of the(a) Conservative, (b) Liberal Democrat and (c) Labour parties. [79340]
§ Mr. McNultySpeakers and chairs were invited to take part in the summit on the basis of the contribution they could make. The choice of speakers for each themed session was made in consultation with the chair of that session. We hold no information—other than for those where it is clear eg MPs, Councillors—about their membership of any political parties.
§ Mr. GummerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many of the advertised(a) speakers and (b) chairmen of the themed sessions are (i) Conservatives and (ii) Liberal Democrat local councillors. [79343]
§ Mr. McNultyOne of the speakers at a themed session was a Conservative Councillor. From the information available none of the speakers were Liberal Democrat Councillors. None of the chairs of the themed sessions were Conservative or Liberal Democrat Councillors.