HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 cc888-9W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials from his Department have attended the environmental appraisal and integration into policy training course run by the Civil Service College. [29007]

Peter Hain

[holding answer 21 January 2002]: No FCO officials have attended the course at the Civil Service College. We have developed our own suite of training courses covering environment, with the help of the University of Surrey Centre for Environmental Strategy. The courses provide guidance on how to integrate environment into foreign policy and FCO operations.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the last occasion was on which he requested an environmental appraisal before making a policy decision. [29004]

Peter Hain

[holding answer 21 January 2002]: No such request has been made.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what procedures his Department has to ensure environmental appraisals are undertaken prior to(a) administrative and (b) policy decisions being made. [29005]

Peter Hain

[holding answer 21 January 2002]: Consultation with the relevant FCO department is required on all administrative and policy decisions with an environmental impact.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has to appraise the environmental implications of its Spending Review submission to the Treasury. [29006]

Peter Hain

[holding answer 21 January 2002]: The FCO will submit a Sustainable Development Report to the Treasury as part of its Spending Review submission. The environmental implications of the submission will be considered in this report.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many environmental appraisals have been published by his Department since 1 January 2001; and if he will list the last four. [29003]

Peter Hain

[holding answer 21 January 2002]: No such appraisals have been published.

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