HC Deb 24 June 1998 vol 314 c533W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman. [46831]

Angela Eagle

Details of five inquiries established by my Department, including their date of establishment and the name of the chairman, were given in the answers by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 April 1998,Official Report, columns 687–90, and the then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 May 1995, Official Report, columns 716–20.

A total of fourteen DETR reviews established since 1 May 1997 were included in the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 27 April 1998, Official Report, columns 14–17. Information on reviews between 1 June 1994 and 1 May 1997 cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.