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Standards Board

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many complaints have been upheld by the Adjudication Panel after being referred by the Standards Board in each year since 2001; (103851)

(2) how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils in each year between 2001 and 2006 are outstanding at the Adjudication Panel following referral by the Standards Board;

(3) how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board concerned the failure to declare a (i) non-financial interest and (ii) personal interest in each year since its creation;

(4) how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board have taken longer than 12 months to reach a decision in each year since its creation;

(5) how many complaints have been received by the Standards Board in each year since 2001;

(6) how many complaints have been referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board in each year since its creation.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Banbury, (Tony Baldry) on 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 536-538W.