§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many requests for environmental information under the Access to Environmental Information Regulations 1992 were answered within two months; how many have been refused; and on what grounds in each case.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 6 July 1994]: The Department does not record centrally requests received under the Environmental Information Regulations 1992. However, as far as we are aware, DTI has to date answered 191 requests for information under the regulations. Of these, 184 were answered within two months; the remainder were answered as soon as either the information requested had been processed or consultations with affected parties had been completed. A total of 146 requests have been declined: 144 because the Department did not hold the information concerned; and two because the information requested did not come within the terms of the regulations.