HL Deb 20 March 1996 vol 570 c102WA
Lord Mountevans

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will announce the spending plans of the Department of the Environment, Ordnance Survey and the Office of Water Services for the years 1996–97 to 1998–99.

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Earl Ferrers)

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has today published the Department of the Environment's Annual Report for 1996. This sets out in detail the outcome of the Public Expenditure Survey which was announced in the November 1995 Budget Statement as it affects the areas of his responsibility. The report records how the department, Ordnance Survey and the Office of Water Services have discharged their functions over the past year. It provides the background to each spending programme and it sets out our plans for the future, where it sees environmental concerns playing a key role both within the UK and in the European Union.