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Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre has not used the services of any of these companies. Information for the Planning Inspectorate could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reasons were for the increase in the early severance/early retirement costs for her Department and its predecessor from 2004 to 2006. [173309]
Mr. Dhanda: Increased early severance/retirement costs incurred during this period were necessary in order to achieve future efficiency targets, strategic resourcing aims and to avoid compulsory redundancies.
Eco-Towns
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which locations have applied to become eco-towns. [164771]
Yvette Cooper: We have received over 50 expressions of interest for eco-towns and expect to publish the proposals shortly, once we have completed an initial assessment of the applications received.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether all eco-towns designated as healthy towns will be obliged to offer weigh-ins for children when they leave primary school. [166290]
Yvette Cooper: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 920W.
English Language: Public Participation
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has held a Citizens' Jury on English for speakers of other languages since 6 October 2007. [181185]
Mr. Dhanda: The Department held two Citizens' Juries on English for speakers of other languages jointly with Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) in December 2007. The findings of these juries, which were held in London and Hull, will be taken into account alongside DIUS's the public consultation ‘Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages on Community Cohesion’.
Fire Services: Cleveland
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been allocated to Cleveland Fire Authority for the next funding period. [179619]
Mr. Dhanda: The provisional local government finance settlement, announced on the 6 December 2007, provisionally allocated £22.160 million in 2008-09, £22.270 million in 2009-10 and £22.382 million in 2010-11 in formula grant to Cleveland Fire Authority. The final settlement will be laid before the House shortly.
In addition, Cleveland Fire Authority will be allocated specific revenue grants to enable the implementation of an enhanced national resilience capability.
Cleveland will also benefit from the new Fire Capital Grants. These total £35 million and £45 million for England in years 2009-10 and 2010-11. We will be consulting on the distribution of these grants shortly.
Fire Services: Finance
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what level of funding was allocated to each English fire authority, in each of the last three years; and how many incidents were attended by firefighters from each authority in each such year. [179608]
Mr. Dhanda: The following table shows formula grant allocations for each combined fire authority, metropolitan fire authority and the GLA (fire) for the years 2005-06 to 2007-08. In addition 15 county fire authorities are responsible for providing the fire and rescue service within their areas. Their formula grants allocation covers all the services provided including fire, but the fire element cannot be separately identified. It is for each county to allocate funding between services in response to their statutory duties and local priorities.
| Formula grant, 2005-06 to 2007-08 | |||
| £ million | |||
| Formula grant | |||
| Local authority | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Notes: 1. Decreases in Formula Grant funding between 2005-06 and 2006-07 reflect the removal of firefighter pensions from revenue support grant. 2. From 2006-07 FRAs receive pensions top-up grant to cover any annual deficit in their firefighter pension funds. | |||
Fire authorities also benefited from the following specific grant funding:
| £ | |||
| Type of funding | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
The following table shows all incidents attended by English fire services between 2003-04 and 2004-05, including all fires, false alarms and special service incidents (including road traffic accidents and other non-fire or false alarm related incidents). The table also shows fire and false alarm incidents attended during the 2006 calendar year. Non-fire and non-false alarm data are not available for 2006.
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