7 March 2005
The government has today announced a new online initiative as part of its national sustainable development strategy for England.
Environment secretary Margaret Beckett described the new Internet maps of England, as a "happiness index", according to the Scotsman, showing and contrasting the quality of life in communities throughout the UK.
The new online government service will "give everyone access to data-on-the-doorstep", said Ms Beckett, and "give local groups support, information and training to influence what goes on where they live".
The environment secretary added that this new Internet service will provide a valuable tool when introduced although the finished article is still approximately five years away in development.
"By 2010 we will develop a new comprehensive set of web-based maps and statistics that will give complete information about the quality of everyone's local environment in England," Ms Beckett noted.
The unveiling of this new environmental and social Internet service comes ahead of this July's high profile Gleneagles G8 summit.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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