Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 8 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 May 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advances have been made in producing a sustainable transport policy for the NHS. - Inc ref to 'NHS Environmental Strategy for the NHS', issued in April 2002 by NHS Estates.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advances have been made in producing a sustainable transport policy for the NHS. [108682] Mr. Hutton: "NHS Environmental Strategy for the NHS", issued in April 2002 by NHS Estates, an Executive Agency of the Department of Health, requires the national health service to produce sustainable transport policies including healthy transport plans. NHS Estates, the Department of Health and Sustrans have given recently a series of seminars around England for the NHS on the benefits of, and how to produce such plans. The NHS will also be required to produce transport plans as part of local authority planning approval process for any new capital development scheme.

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