§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) for what reason the Countryside Agency Leisure Day Visits Survey(a) did not take place during 2001 and (b) will take place during 2002; [19600]
(2) pursuant to her answer of 22 November 2001, Official Report, column 425W, on countryside visits, for what reason the United Kingdom Day Visitors Survey was not carried out in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. [19782]
§ Alun MichaelThe United Kingdom Day Visits Survey was not scheduled to take place in 2001. There is a biennial survey programme sponsored by 10 organisations. A survey did not take place in 2000 because of lack of resources. The 2002 survey will put the programme back on schedule.