§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what procedures his Department has to ensure environmental appraisals are undertaken prior to(a) administrative and (b) policy decisions being made; [29025]
(2) how many officials from his Department have attended the Environmental Appraisal and Integration into Policy training course run by the Civil Service College; [29027]
(3) how many environmental appraisals have been published by his Department since 1 January 2001; and if he will list the last four; [29023]
(4) when the last occasion was on which he requested an environmental appraisal before making a policy decision. [29024]
§ Yvette CooperDepartmental guidance on environmental policy appraisal (including a screening tool) is available to all staff on the department's intranet. This is linked to the Cabinet Office policy maker's checklist. In raising staff awareness of sustainable development attention has been drawn to the importance of carrying out environmental policy appraisals. This has also been drawn to the attention of agencies and arm's length bodies.
The Department is assisting the Cabinet Office in developing an integrated appraisal tool. This is a good practice tool designed to assess the impact—including environmental impacts—of policy proposals.
1153WThe civil service college course on "Environmental Appraisal and Integration into Policy" has been advertised widely in the Department and one person has attended the course. There are a number of bodies that provide environmental training and staff will choose a course that best meets their overall needs.
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Item(s) Number of items Total loss (£) Losses and thefts 1997–98 NEC Vodaphone mobile phone 1 25.85 SNI Pentium CPU only 1 880.00 NEC P3 mobile phone 1 16.30 NOKIA 232 mobile phone package 1 96.88 HP870 colour printer 1 0.00 Ericsson EH237 mobile phone 1 0.00 BT Jade mobile phone 1 0.00 BT Response 50 ansaphone 1 56.22 SNI PC-4Nd laptop 1 1,488.73 SNI PCD-AT Tower PC 1 1,151.50 LaserJet 4 toner cartridge 1 79.54 SNI PCD-4ND laptop 1 1,488.73 Laptop 1 1,488.73 HPL4 printer 1 415.95 BT Response ansaphone 1 56.22 Motorola Mobile, spare battery, carrycase 3 92.26 Intercity pager 1 252.63 BT Jade mobile phone 1 0.00 PSION series 3C Organiser 2MB and leather case and travel modem for 3C 3 624.89 Ericsson Hotline mobile phone 1 22.00 Siemens Nixdorf PCD 4NE laptop 1 1,488.73 Access VBA for Office 97 reference manual 1 622.75 PC Anywhere version 7.5 user guide 1 108,04 Desktop calculator 1 15.00 Toshiba palmtop portable PC and lead 1 1,880.00 Compaq Armada 1520 laptop 1 1,488.73 Toshiba Satellite-pro Laptop, disk extension and SecureNet key 3 1,638.73 Compaq Armada 1520 laptop 1 1,488.73 Compaq Laptop 1 1,488.73 Nokia mobile phone 1 0.00 Compaq Armada notebook computer 1 0.00 SNI 4ND 486/DX2 50 20 with 20 MB RAM and Xircon network adapter 2 3,000.00 RAM 32 MB from a PC 2 175.00 RAM 16 MB from a PC 1 93.00 Compaq contura laptop, mobile phone and a charger unit 3 0.00 Toshiba laptop 1 1,500.00 BT charge card 1 0.00 SNI 4NC laptop, with REMS kit, Xircom adapter, SNKey and carrying case 4 2,606.15 BT Response 50 ansaphone 1 50.00 MS mouse 1 27.00 Compaq laptop 1 3,777.00 Compaq Armada laptop 1 2,105.60 Compaq Armada laptop 1 2,105.60 Compaq Armada 413IT, 1120T, Ethernet card and modem 4 5,640.00 Motorola mobile phone 1 64.63 Compaq Armada 1120 laptop 1 1,521.63 Compaq Armada 1120 and Compaq Armada 7750 laptops 2 3,500.00 Microsoft mouse 1 27.00 Total for 1997–98 65 44,648.48 Losses and thefts 1998–99 Iomega zip drive 1 90.00 Compaq Armada portable PC 1 1,521.63 Compaq Armada 1520 Laptop, PCMCIA card, SNK key, mobile phone and battery 5 2,395.30 HiNote 2000 digital laptop 1 4,995.00 Psion 3 organiser 1 350.00 Motherboard, P233 MHZ processor 3.2 GB Harddisk, and 64 MB RAM 4 1,500.00 Siemens Nixdorf laptop 1 1,521.63 Siemens Nixdorf Scenic notepad, 486 PC 1 1,521.63 Hard disk and two 16MB RAM from a PC 3 328.00 Siemens Nixdorf 486SX laptop 1 0.00 Motorola D460 mobile phone 1 6.00