Rural Areas: Maps
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 5 December 2006
Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she consulted the Rural Payments Agency before ending the National Interest Mapping Service Agreement.
Phil Woolas (Minister of State (Local Government & Community Cohesion), Department for Communities and Local Government; Oldham East & Saddleworth, Labour)
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the parent Department of the Rural Payments Agency, was consulted in reaching the decision. DEFRA held discussions with the Rural Payments Agency.