HC Deb 23 July 2002 vol 389 cc972-3W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the public consultations undertaken by her Department since 1997, indicating for each consultation(a) if copies were available online, (b) if copies were available in print, (c) the date the time period given for responses opened and (cl) the date the time period given for responses closed [69794]

Dr. Howells

The Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultation applies to all formal national public consultation documents issued by Departments from 1 January 2001 and the information requested is not available before that date. Since 2001, the details are as follows:

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many complaints her Department has received about its 2001 consultations in electronic or printed form. [70980]

Dr. Howells

The Department received two complaints in electronic or printed form about the consultation process of its 2001 consultations.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how long her Department allowed for consultation on each consultation document it published in 2001 in(a) electronic and (b) printed form. [70976]

Document name Total time allowed for consultation
National Gallery/National Portrait Gallery Review: stage one consultation 3 weeks
National Heritage Memorial Fund Review: stage one consultation 7 weeks and 2 days
Report of the Gambling Review Body 15 weeks
National Museum of Science & Industry Review: stage one consultation 11 weeks and 2 days
Geffrye Museum/Horniman Museum/Museum of London Review: stage one consultation 9 weeks and 2 days
Consultation on the draft Digital Television Action Plan 12 weeks
English Heritage Review: stage one consultation 12 weeks
Public Lending Right. Quinquennial Performance Review: Consultation Paper 11 weeks
Quinquennial Review on the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art 12 weeks
National Maritime Museum Quinquennial Performance Review 11 weeks and 1 day
Consultation on Media Ownership Rules 9 weeks
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Quinquennial Performance Review 12 weeks
Spectrum Planning Consultation Extended to 17 weeks
Council of Europe—Convention on the Protection of Audiovisual Heritage* 12 weeks and 5 days
Review of Progress towards digital switchover 12 weeks
Regent's Park Sports Facilities Consultation 8 weeks
UK's Open General Export Licensing (OGEL) Limits 8 weeks
Changes to Licensing Hours during All New Year's Eves 8 weeks
The Draft Communications Bill 12 weeks
Prize Competitions 14 weeks
National Lottery Licensing and Regulations Consultation 13 weeks and 2 days

Note:

All of these were available in both electronic and printed form, except for the one marked with an*, which was available only in printed form.