§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 26 April 2001,Official Report, columns 313–15W, on regional impact assessments, if the criteria taken into account by the regional co-ordination unit included (a) the
Reviews of regional planning guidance (RPG) Region Draft RPG advice to Secretary of State Public examination into RPG Target for issue of revised RPG Eastern (RPG6)1 August 19982 February 1999 November 20003 North East (RPG1) December 1999 June/July 2000 Autumn 2001 East Midlands (RPG8) November 1999 June 2000 Summer 2001 South East (RPG9)4 December 1998 May 1999 March 20013 South West (RPG10) August 1999 March/April 2000 Summer 2001 West Midlands (RPG 11) Autumn 2001 Early 2002 Winter 2002–03 Yorkshire and the Humber (RPG12) October 1999 June/July 2000 Summer 2001 North West (RPG13) June/July 2000 February 2001 End 2001 1The entry against Eastern Region is for RPG6 covering East Anglia. Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire are covered by the review of the RPG for the greater South East region 2Issued for consultation by GO 3Issued 4The review of RPG9 covers London, the Government Office area for the South East and Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire Notes:
1. Last updated 9 May 2000
2. Instead of non-statutory Regional Planning Guidance in London there will be a statutory spatial development strategy (SDS) for London following the establishment of the GLA. Hence there is no separate entry for London. The draft SDS is due to be submitted to the Secretary of State in early summer 2001. The public examination is due in early 2002 and the aim is to publish the final SDS in autumn 2002