asked Her Majesty's Government:When the summary report of the independent review of Ordnance Survey trading accounts will be published.

In January last year my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment announced that the annual trading accounts for the Ordnance Survey, including statements on revenue and expenditure by main product groups, would be published, and that the basis of these accounts would be independently reviewed by commercial accountants to ensure that there is no cross subsidisation of Ordnance Survey's commercial activities from its Exchequer Vote. Peat Marwick management consultants were appointed in June 1984 and they reported recently. An executive summary of their report has been placed in the Library today and copies are available from Ordnance Survey.