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unusual facts about Department of the Environment



Alma Birk

From 1974 to 1979 she was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of the Environment, and then became Minister of State in the Privy Council Office in 1979.

Barrow Hill Engine Shed

After lobbying of the local council, the building was Grade 2 listed by the Department of the Environment in February 1991.

Clay Pigeon Shooting Association

Founded in 1928, it is recognised by Sports England, the Department of the Environment, the Home Office, the Police etc. and it is a constituent member of the International Clay Pigeon Shooting Council of Great Britain and Ireland and is represented on The World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities through the British Shooting Sports Council.

David Inshaw

Inshaw's paintings are held in many private and public collections, including the Arts Council of Great Britain, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the British Council, the Department of the Environment, the Royal West of England Academy, Tate Britain and the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.

David Kohler

An appeal to the Department of the Environment in 1998 was turned down on grounds of traffic congestion.

Gordon Warwick

He also developed an interest in derelict land reclamation and clean air and was an early environmentalist, through a part-time position with the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, later the Department of the Environment.

Helen Ghosh

Between May 1999 and November 1999, she was Head of the New Deal for Communities Programme at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, working on cross-cutting and delivery issues.

Ghosh joined the Department of the Environment in 1979 as an Administration Trainee and held a series of policy roles.

Richard Girling

He has been a consultant to the former Department of the Environment and Department for Culture Media and Sport.

Swanage Railway

Subsequently a Department of the Environment Inspector, after hearing the evidence that a replacement bus service would be unable to handle the traffic in the summer months, ruled that the line should remain open.

Victoria L. Schade

Since getting voted out of the House, she has served as a legislative liaison to the Department of the Environment.


see also

Clay Cross

The council was one of several to show defiance against the Act and of three to be ordered to comply by the Department of the Environment in November 1972 (the others being Eccles and Halstead).