HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 c131W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 they have to extend their use in future within the Department. [12269]

Mr. Bowis

Indicators are broad brush, aggregated statistics which provide the policy making process with information about trends in transport use and the associated impact on the environment and the economy. My Department has taken account of the statistics contained in the "UK Indicators for Sustainable Development" in formulating the transport policies set out in the Department's annual report and in the Green paper, "Transport: The Way Forward", published in April 1996. Those polices are developed in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.