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Farrington of Ribbleton, Baroness

1st supplementary on County boundaries included on Ordnance Survey maps - with ref to Lancashire.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Blackburn (Labour)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 1998

Reference

594 c1266-7

House

House of Lords

Farrington of Ribbleton, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

18 November 1998

Reference

594 c1266-7

House

House of Lords

Farrington of Ribbleton, Baroness

Why the Ordnance Survey is no longer depicting county boundaries on its maps and whether it will revert to the original method of including both county and administrative data.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Blackburn (Labour)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 1998

Reference

594 c1266-7

House

House of Lords

Farrington of Ribbleton, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

18 November 1998

Reference

594 c1266-7

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Govt will carry out a review of the assisted areas of Great Britain. - Ref to inc consultation document in Library (Dep 98/869).

Asked by

Jonathan Shaw (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 July 1998

Reference

317 c563-4W; 54880

House

House of Commons

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland annual report and accounts 1997/98.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 30.07.98; Received 16.07.98

Date

17 July 1998

Reference

HC 867 1997/98

House

House of Commons

Ordnance Survey annual report and accounts 1997/98.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 16.07.98

Date

16 July 1998

Reference

HC 813 1997/98

House

House of Commons

Hydrographic Office annual report and accounts 1997/98.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 15.07.98

Date

15 July 1998

Reference

HC 802 1997/98

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 5th May, 311 c265W, if she will comment on the basis on which the map for European NUTS II submitted to Eurostat was compiled, and if the map is being used to determine structural fund allocations....

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 June 1998

Reference

313 c384W; 43615

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

Statement on what progress they have made in obtaining an assessment of the amount of previously developed land available for housing, announced in the policy document, Planning for the Communities of the future', on 23 February. [HL 1986]. - Includes details of method of providing a consistent assessment of previously...

Asked by

Lord Stallard (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 May 1998

Reference

589 c158-9WA; HL 1986

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Statement on what progress he has made in obtaining an assessment of the amount of previously developed land available for housing, announced in his policy document, Planning for the Communities of the Future on 23rd February.

Asked by

John Heppell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 May 1998

For answer on

19 May 1998

Answered on

19 May 1998

Mr. Heppell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress he has made in obtaining an assessment of the amount of previously developed land available for housing, announced in his policy document, "Planning for the Communities of the Future", on 23 February. [42966] Mr. Caborn: My Department has worked with the Local Government Management Board, English Partnerships, Ordnance Survey and local authorities to establish a method of providing a consistent assessment of previously developed land which may be available for housing or other development, as the first step towards a complete Land Use Database for England. Key features of the approach are to meet the needs of a number of organisations from a single data collection exercise, and to use information already held by the local authorities wherever possible, to avoid duplication of effort. Local authorities will be asked to draw up a list of previously developed sites along with information about the location, area, planning status and other relevant characteristics of each site. This will be done to a common format and using standard definitions that will be set out in guidance being developed jointly by DETR, Local Government Management Board, English Partnerships and Ordnance Survey following consultation with a number of local authorities. English Partnerships will contract teams of surveyors which will visit each local authority to complete the data collection and to collect additional information about certain sites on the potential for redevelopment. Ordnance Survey will provide quality assurance on the geographical attributes of the data, and develop the list of sites into a `map database' showing the site boundaries. Ordnance Survey will also develop a plan for extending the coverage of the database to other land uses, and for keeping the resulting National Land Use Database up to date. Data collection will start in the summer. English Partnerships intends to publish information on an initial set of sites suitable for redevelopment by the end of the year; summary results for all sites should be available by March 1999. Meanwhile, local authorities will have consistent information on the amounts of previously developed land which may be available for housing to assist in the drawing up of national and regional targets for the reuse of land. The database will also have value for other organisations. For example, officials are discussing with Urban Mines, an environmental NGO, which launches its own "Brownfield Sites" project today, to ensure the two projects are complementary. The intention is to secure agreements to make the information more widely available, including appropriate charging for commercial use. We shall be discussing this work as it progresses with the Urban Task Force.

Date

19 May 1998

Reference

312 c302-4W; 42966

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which local authorities in the North West have published maps for areas of search for new landfill/landraising sites for non-inert wastes in each of the last three years; and which he expects to publish such plans in...

Asked by

Lord Goodlad (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 April 1998

Reference

310 c416W; 38465

House

House of Commons

SUTTON'S GREEN TRANSPORT MAP

That this House welcomes the launch of Sutton's Green Transport Map, Sutton and Beyond Without a Car, believed to be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, which lists bicycle routes, bus routes and train stations; commends the Transport Working Group, the Centre for Environmental Initiatives, Bjuice Design...

Primary sponsor

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

1 April 1998

Reference

1183

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many people are employed by the British Geological Survey in Scotland, broken down by job category; what facilities for map making the British Geological Survey maintains in Scotland; and if she will provide a breakdown of British Geological Survey spending...

Asked by

Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 February 1998

For answer on

17 February 1998

Answered on

17 February 1998

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people are employed by the British Geological Survey in Scotland, broken down by job category; what facilities for map making the British Geological Survey maintains in Scotland; and if she will provide a breakdown of British Geological Survey spending in Scotland as a ratio of overall spending in each year since 1990. [28552] Mr. Battle: [holding answer 11 February 1998]: The British Geological Survey currently employs 201 people in Scotland as shown below. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Job Categories Scientists Scientific Support Administration Total Petroleum Geology, 89 -- 1 90 Geophysics and Offshore Surveys Geological and 47 -- -- 47 Hydrogeological Survey Minerals, Environment and 5 -- -- 5 Geochemical Surveys Corporate Services and 12 21 5 38 Business Development Local Administration, -- -- 21 21 Facilities Management, Computer Support Total 153 21 27 201 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Map-making facilities exist locally at BGS in Edinburgh. Of the 19 people involved in these cartographic services, 14 are responsible for producing Scottish geological maps. BGS spending in Scotland as a percentage of overall BGS spending in each year since 1990 is set out below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Percentage 1990-91 18 1991-92 17 1992-93 18 1993-94 19 1994-95 19 1995-96 18 1996-97 18 1997-98 18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

17 February 1998

Reference

28552; 306 c569-70W;306 c567-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people are employed by Ordnance Survey in Scotland, broken down by job category; what facilities for map making the Ordnance Survey maintains in Scotland; and if he will provide a breakdown of Ordnance Survey spending...

Asked by

Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 February 1998

For answer on

13 February 1998

Answered on

13 February 1998

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people are employed by Ordnance Survey in Scotland, broken down by job category; what facilities for map making the Ordnance Survey maintains in Scotland; and if he will provide a breakdown of Ordnance Survey spending in Scotland as a ratio of overall spending in each year since 1990. [28551] Mr. Raynsford: [holding answer 11 February 1998]: Ordnance Survey in Great Britain currently employs 66 people in Scotland, 63 of whom are based in the seven Scottish field offices which are located in Inverness, Aberdeen, Glenrothes, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton and Ayr. These people are directly involved in the surveying and capturing of mapping data to update the National Topographic Database (NTD) and other related products (eg ADDRESS-POINT {tm}). In addition, Ordnance Survey Scottish Region is responsible for the re-mapping of parts of Cumbria. The data collected are sent to Ordnance Survey's headquarters in Southampton where they are incorporated into the NTD and related databases; no actual map making is carried out in the field offices. The table provides a breakdown of the types of jobs Ordnance Survey staff based in Scotland are engaged in: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Job title Number of staff Region Manager 1 Chief Surveyor 5 Surveyors 49 Administrators 5 Survey Assistants 3 Field Sales Executive for Scotland 1 Regional Account Manager for Scotland 1 Assistant Regional Account Manager for Scotland 1

Date

13 February 1998

Reference

28551; 306 c420W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been employed in each of the last three years by the Royal Navy on coastal charts around Scottish territorial waters; what facilities for map making the Royal Navy maintains in Scotland; how many coastal survey charts have been...

Asked by

Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 February 1998

For answer on

12 February 1998

Answered on

12 February 1998

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have been employed in each of the last three years by the Royal Navy on coastal charts around Scottish territorial waters; what facilities for map making the Royal Navy maintains in Scotland; how many coastal survey charts have been produced by the Royal Navy for Scottish territorial waters in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [28550] Dr. Reid: [holding answer 11 February 1998]: The number of people employed in each of the last 3 years by the Royal Navy on surveys for coastal charts inside the Territorial Waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland and on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf adjacent to Scotland was: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of personnel 1995 13 1996 13 1997 140 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These figures comprise the complements of the ships and Naval Parties which took part in those surveys. Additionally, in excess of 500 personnel at the UK Hydrographic Office, Taunton, assisted in the compilation and production of charts covering Scottish waters during each year. There are no facilities for Chart production in Scotland, all such production being carried out centrally at the UK Hydrographic Office at Taunton. The Hydrographer of the Navy maintains a Chart Correction Unit at Faslane which currently employs 4 people.The number of new coastal Charts, and new editions of existing charts, covering UK Territorial Waters adjacent to Scotland which were produced following the surveys referred to above in the last 3 years were: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year New Charts New Editions 1995 1 8 1996 7 1 1997 14 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

12 February 1998

Reference

306 c299W; 28550

House

House of Commons

Military Survey Defence Agency annual report and accounts 1996/97.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 30.03.98

Date

30 January 1998

Reference

HC 487 1997/98

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on modification of the definitive map of bridleways; when this is planned to be completed.

Asked by

Peter L Pike (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 January 1998

Reference

25323; 305 c320W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made for each relevant local authority in England of the number and length of bridleways (a) recorded on the definitive map, (b) under consideration for registration on the definitive map and (c) eligible...

Asked by

Peter L Pike (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 January 1998

For answer on

29 January 1998

Answered on

29 January 1998

Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made for each relevant local authority in England of the number and length of bridleways (a) recorded on the definitive map, (b) under consideration for registration on the definitive map and (c) eligible for consideration for registration. [25324] Angela Eagle: Information is available only on the length of bridleways, as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Highway authority Bridleways (km) Avon 200 Bedfordshire 1,400 Berkshire 260 Bolton 2 Buckinghamshire 649 Calderdale -- Cambridgeshire 430 Cheshire 124 Cleveland 200 Cornwall 522 Cumbria 1,878 Derbyshire 494 Devon 570 Dorset 1,600 Durham 573 East Sussex 678 Enfield -- Essex 680 Gloucestershire 360 Hampshire 850 Herefordshire 358 Worcestershire 648 Harrow -- Hertfordshire 576 Humberside 453 Isle of Wight 266 Kent 694 Kingston on Thames -- Kirklees -- Lancashire 388 Leeds 148 Leicestershire 584 Lincolnshire 770 Norfolk 443 Northamptonshire 600 Northumberland 1,295 North Yorkshire 1,609 Nottingham 799 Oxfordshire 970 Shropshire 795 Solihull 7 Somerset 927 Staffordshire 355 Suffolk 553 Surrey 1,045 Tameside 6 Warwickshire 460 Waltham Forest -- West Sussex 1,006 Wiltshire 1,540 Wirral MBC 30 Total 28,795 (17,882 miles) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Countryside Commission data from 1991 and 1996 surveys; data for Cambridgeshire and Dorset are for 1998.

Date

29 January 1998

Reference

25324; 305 c319-20W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of acid rain on Britain's trees. - Including fact that maps of acid deposition in the UK have been deposited in the Library.

Asked by

Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 November 1997

For answer on

24 November 1997

Answered on

24 November 1997

Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the effect of acid rain on Britain's trees. [17170] Angela Eagle: Maps of acid deposition in the UK based on work carried out for my Department have recently been published in reports by the Review Group on Acid Rain and the Critical Loads Advisory Group. Copies have been deposited in the House of Commons Library. Research into the sensitivity of trees to acid deposition is being carried out both in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. From the research, maps of the sensitivity of forest ecosystems to acid deposition have been developed on a UK and European scale. The areas of the UK forest at risk of damage can be identified by combining the maps of sensitivity and acid deposition. In addition, surveys of woodland tree condition in the UK are carried out annually. While these do not assess directly the impact of acid rain, the have provided evidence that, during the past few years, the previous decline in tree health has been reversed. Acid rain and damage to sensitive ecosystems including trees is an on-going transboundary problem. The UK was one of the first countries to ratify the Second Sulphur Protocol under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution. This commits the UK to an 80 per cent. reduction in its 1980 sulphur emissions by 2010. My Department is currently taking an active part in negotiations in the EU and UNECE aiming to provide further protection to the environment from acid deposition.

Date

24 November 1997

Reference

17170; 301 c370W

House

House of Commons

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