Written question asked by David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 April 2003. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 7 April 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to reduce the required mineral land bank for Berkshire for the period between 2001 and 2016.

Answer: Mr. Rendel: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to reduce the required mineral land bank for Berkshire for the period between 2001 and 2016. [107383] Mr. McNulty: This is a matter for the unitary district authorities responsible for minerals planning in Berkshire to consider. In doing so they will need to take into account their revised individual apportionments within the regional guidelines for aggregates provision, which are to be issued shortly. The apportionments for individual authorities will be recommended by the South East Regional Aggregates Working Party, on which minerals planning authorities in the region are represented, in consultation with the Regional Planning Body for the South East. This will follow a process of testing the proposed regional apportionments against local environmental and economic circumstances, to be carried out in the months following their publication.

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