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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidelines he has issued on consultation with (a) schools and (b) the public on the location of mobile phone masts; and how many applications have (i) conformed and (ii) failed to conform to the guidelines since their inception. [209297] Yvette Cooper: A Code of Best Practice on Mobile Network Development has been produced to provide clear and practical advice to ensure the delivery of significantly better and more effective communication and consultation between operators, local authorities and local people. It provides more detailed advice than is contained in Planning Policy Guidance Note 8 on Telecommunications (PPG8) about how local communities and particularly schools and colleges should be consulted in relation to telecommunications developments. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has commissioned a study to assess the impact that the Code has had since its introduction, how local authorities have implemented the Code and how the public perceives its operation. The specific information requested is not held centrally by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and could provide it only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

209297; 429 c865W;429 c869W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Aerials Planning permission Mobile phones Public participation Location Schools

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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