To ask the Minister without Portfolio if he will list the cost overruns to date in the contracts for site clearance and preparation for the Millennium Experience. [6441]

Year	Total	Department's decision upheld by the court	Court found for the applicant	Department submitted to the judgment	Department appealed against the decision	Withdrawn	Pending
1995	9	6	0	0	0	2	1
1996	8	5	0	1	0	2	0
1997	5	0	0	1	0	1	3

In the past, it was not considered necessary for this sort of information to be held by the Department of the Environment and the information is not held in a form which would enable this Question to be answered except at disproportionate cost. I have asked officials to ensure that, in future, information of this sort will be kept for the whole of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.