§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many consultation documents were issued by her Department and its predecessors from344W (a) 15 October to 14 January, (b) 15 January to 14 April, (c) 15 April to 14 July and (d) 15 July to 14 October in each year from 1996. [12899]
§ Dr. HowellsMy Department consults the public in a variety of ways, not simply through the publication of documents. Since 1998 we have, for example, held ministerially-led seminars in connection with our Departmental Spending Review; used specialist working groups to help formulate our national tourism strategy Tomorrow's Tourism; put consultation documents on our internet site, and issued press releases seeking views on whether particular buildings should be listed.
No central record of every consultation document issued since October 1996 is held, but the approximate figures for DCMS and its predecessor, the Department of National Heritage, are:
From To Number of documents issued
15 October 1996 14 January 1997 0 15 January 1997 14 April 1997 0 15 April 1997 14 July 1997 1 15 July 1997 14 October 1997 2 15 October 1997 14 January 1998 0 15 January 1998 14 April 1998 2 15 April 1998 14 July 1998 2 15 July 1998 14 October 1998 2 15 October 1998 14 January 1999 2 15 January 1999 14 April 1999 1 15 April 1999 14 July 1999 2 15 July 1999 14 October 1999 0 15 October 1999 14 January 2000 3 15 January 2000 14 April 2000 0 15 April 2000 14 July 2000 4 15 July 2000 14 October 2000 3 15 October 2000 14 January 2001 5 15 January 2001 14 April 2001 4 15 April 2001 14 July 2001 1 15 July 2001 14 October 2001 4 15 October 2001 7 November 2001 1