§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many environmental appraisals were produced by his Department using the guidance contained in the Department of the Environment's "Policy Appraisal and the Environment" in 1995; and if he will place copies in the Library. [15114]
§ Mr. SoamesI refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark) on 11 July 1995,Official Report, column 530. My Department has not operated a centralised reporting system for environmental appraisals and no figures are therefore available. I understand that the Department of 610W the Environment is shortly to commission a project to evaluate the effect of the "Policy Appraisal and the Environment" document on decision making by Government Departments.