asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he now expects any public inquiries to be held into objections to draft revised definitive maps published under the Countryside Act 1968.

There is only one inquiry still to be held into objections to a draft revised map and statement published under the Countryside Act 1968. This one, for the London borough of Richmond, is expected to be arranged this summer.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each definitive map review under the Countryside Act 1968 for which public inquiries into objections have been held but decisions not yet issued, the dates of the inquiries and the expected date of issue of the decision.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment in respect of paragraph 3(2) of schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (a) how many representations he has received asking for a direction to be given to a surveying authority to determine an application for a modification order, (b) how many directions he has issued, with, in each case, the number of weeks which elapsed between the receipt of the representation and the issuing of the direction, and the period allowed to the surveying authority to determine the application, (c) how many representations have resulted in a decision not to direct a surveying authority to determine an application with, in each case, the number of weeks which elapsed between the receipt of the representation and the issuing of the decision and (d) how many representations are currently outstanding, with, in each case, the number of weeks which have elapsed since they were received by the Department.

Two such directions have been sought, one 17 weeks ago and the other nine weeks ago. Neither application has yet been decided.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment in respect of paragraph 4 of schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (a) how many notices of appeal against decisions of surveying authorities not to make definitive map modification orders he has received, (b) where a decision has been made on appeal, if he will state in each case the nature of the decision, the direction, if any, given to the surveying authority, and the number of weeks which elapsed between the receipt of the appeal and the issuing of the decision, and (c) how many appeals are currently outstanding, with, in each case, the number of weeks which have currently elapsed since they were received by the Department.

Twenty-six notices of appeal have been received, none of which has yet been determined. The number of weeks from receipt is as follows:

67, 60, 55, 54 (2 cases), 51, 50, 49, 47, 43, 32 (2 cases), 30, 22, 21, 19, 18 (4 cases), 17, 13, 12, 11, 6, 4.