HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1266-7W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many consultation documents published in 2001 in(a) electronic and (b) printed form his Department has monitored and evaluated in accordance with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations; [70963]

(2) which consultation documents published by his Department in 2001 were not made available as paper copies; [70965]

(3) whether his Department has a designated consultation co-ordinator in accordance with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations; [70966]

(4) how many complaints his Department has received about its 2001 consultations in electronic or printed form; [70964]

(5) how long her Department allowed for consultation on each consultation document it published in 2001 in (a) electronic and (b) printed form; [70960]

(6) in what format his Department has published the results of its 2001 written consultations; [70962]

(7) whether consultation documents published by his Department in 2001 carried the consultation criteria as recommended in the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations; [70961]

Mr. Jamieson

The Department has issued internal guidance to ensure consultation documents comply with the requirements of the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultation. The Department has also appointed a consultation co-ordinator in accordance with criterion 7 of the Code.

A list of the public consultations undertaken by the Department or its predecessors in 2001 has been placed in the Library, including the dates for which the period for responses opened and closed. The list is based on central records and reflects the public consultations undertaken within the areas for which the Department is currently responsible. More specific details concerning the handling of individual consultation exercises are not held centrally.

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