Lordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will make an announcement about the current financial, management and policy review of English Nature.
Earl FerrersIn response to the Government's requirement that all executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies he subjected to regular and detailed scrutiny at least every five years, my department is conducting a financial management and policy review of English Nature.
The review will draw on work which has already been done on the study into the possible merger between English Nature and the Countryside Commission, the results of which were announced by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment on 7 October 1994. The current review will encompass English Nature's organisation and structure; general and financial management; and systems of financial control. The scope for further contractorisation of English Nature's work will he specifically addressed by the review.
The review is due to he completed by mid June 1996.