§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Board of trade if she will report to Parliament annually on the work of the technology foresight groups setting out details of their current work, any recommendations which they have made and the Government's response to them. [26733]
§ Mr. BattleInformation on these lines is already provided in the annual report on DTI Expenditure Plans and in OST publications. In addition, in publishing the report on the Foresight Audit, my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade announced last October that the Government have set up a Ministerial Foresight Group, under my chairmanship, to provide top-level co-ordination of the Foresight Programme across Whitehall. The Group has asked for progress reports at six month intervals which I would expect to publish.