House of Commons - Environmental Audit

Select Committee on Environmental Audit Second Report

GREENING GOVERNMENT REPORT

Housekeeping (continued)

Figure 3: Reporting of environmental policies and performance in the 1998 departmental annual reports ⁽¹⁾

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Chancellors Departments

Inland Revenue

Customs & Excise

Culture, Media & Sport

Defence

Education & Employment

Environment, Transport & Regions

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Health

Home Office

International Development

Lord Chancellor's & Law Officers

Northern Ireland Office

Public Service and Science

Scottish Office

Social Security

Trade & Industry

Welsh Office

Overall aims & objectives - identify commitment to green housekeeping
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Green Minister named

2
2

x
3

x
x
x

x

Green Minister's activities during the year
x
x

2

2
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Green housekeeping policy detailed
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x4
x4
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x4
x

Green housekeeping targets reported (other than the government energy target)
x

x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Green housekeeping performance reported

x
x

Energy efficiency performance reported

x

x
x

x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x

Source: Environmental Audit Committee
Note  1.  The Ministry of Defence performance is based on its Performance Report for 199697. Its Performance Report for 1997-98 has not yet been published.
2.   The Treasury Green Minister's responsibilities also cover HM Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue
3.   The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions did not separately report the work of its Green Minister although she was listed alongside other Green Ministers
4.   The report provides reference to how to obtain a copy of the department's green housekeeping policy.

Most departments' reports addressed their housekeeping performance. The DETR report was the exception in that it did not address its aims, policies or performance.



© Parliamentary copyright 1998	Prepared 2 July 1998