HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 cc494-5W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how his Department has used the UK indicators for sustainable development in(a) the production of the Department's annual report, (b) monitoring progress towards meeting the objectives set out in the UK sustainable development strategy and (c) assessing the environmental implications of policy options; and what plans it has to extend their use in future within the Department. [12274]

Mr. Burt

The Department of Social Security, in the production of its annual report, concentrates on reporting progress towards the environmental objectives of the Department's environmental strategy. This in turn complements the sustainable development strategy, which includes energy efficiency targets, reductions in carbon emissions and waste minimisation. The Department is ranked low in terms of significant environmental impact and has no plans to assess the environmental implications of policy options or to use the indicators for sustainable development before the Department of the Environment completes its review and publishes a revised set in 1998.

Cold weather payment schemetriggers by weather station and year
Weather station 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–912 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Aberdeen (Dyce) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2
Aberporth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Aughton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Aviemore 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 6 3 6
Bastreet 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Bedford 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 4
Binbrook 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Birmingham (Elmdon) 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 3
Blackpool 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1
Boscombe Down 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3
Boulmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bournemouth (Hurn) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Braemar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7
Brawdy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Bristol 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Brize Norton 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4
Capel Curig 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
Carlisle 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
Chivenor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cilfynydd 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3
Coltishall 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Coningsby 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1
Culdrose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cwmbargoed 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1
Dumfries 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 3
Dunkeswell 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Easthampstead 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 4
Edinburgh (Turnhouse) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2
Eskdalemuir 2 0 1 0 4 3 2 5 1 5
Eskmeals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Exeter 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1
Finningley 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1
Fort William 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
Gatwick 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
Glasgow (Abbotsinch) 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 3
Heathrow 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Herstmonceaux 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Honington 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 1
Kinloss 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
Kirkwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Leeds 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Leeming 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 2
Lerwick 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Leuchars 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 3
Lyneham 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 4
Machrihanish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Manchester (Ringway) 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3
Manston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Marham 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 4
Mount Batten 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mumbles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okehampton 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Prestwick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Rhoose 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Shawbury 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 4
Southampton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Mawgan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanstead 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
Stornoway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tiree 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0