§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 21 November 2001,Official Report, column 320W, on rural parishes, if she will list those parishes deemed to be (a) vibrant, (b) active, (c) barely active and (d) sleeping. [18779]
§ Alun MichaelA list of parishes (just over 6,000) deemed to be(a) vibrant, (b) active, (c) barely active, (d) sleeping will be made available in the Library of the House. This is based on information collated from parish clerks through the Countryside Agency's Rural Services Survey.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 21 November 2001,Official Report, column 319W, on the rural White Paper, if she will list the measures she will be using to determine the indicator. [18780]
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§ Alun MichaelI refer to my answer of 21 November 2001,Official Report, column 319W. The research will review existing baseline and trend data to give an assessment of their suitability for use in compiling an indicator. Data sources to be considered include: Agricultural Census; National Inventory of Woodland and Trees; Countryside Survey 2000: Land Use Change Statistics; cultural heritage monuments, buildings and field patterns; perceptual and aesthetic characteristics such as tranquillity and noise mapping. At this stage in the research it is not possible to say which measures will eventually be used to determine the indicator.