§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department has discontinued(a) the collection or (b) the publication of any statistics since 1979.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe statistics collected by all Government Departments are subject to regular and searching reviews, as a result of which some surveys are eliminated and many are substantially modified.
The following are the major published statistical series that have been dropped or introduced by my Department since 1979.
Series Dropped Since 1979
- Commercial and industrial floorspace statistics.
- Private enterprise housing enquiry.
- Local authority salary and wage statistics.
- Local authority expenditure budget estimates (at November prices).
- Local authority design work statistics.
- Subcontracted construction output statistics.
- EC state of trade enquiry (for construction).
- Local authority funded housing association tender acceptance statistics.
Series Introduced Since 1979
- Enterprise zone annual monitoring statistics.
- Land use change statistics.
- Renovation grants applications and approvals statistics.
- Expansion of council house sales statistics to cover 'right to buy' purchases.
- Planning appeals statistics.
133 - Information from local authorities on selective tendering.
- Carbon dioxide and ozone statistics.
- Land registers computerised service.
- Statistics under the tradeable information initiative.
- Statistics on county councils planning decisions.