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55W Written Answers 26 OCTOBER 2009 Written Answers 56W Authority Percentage of waste sent to landfill in 2006-07 Percentage of waste sent to landfill in 2007-08 Difference between 2006-07 and 2007-08 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 69.45 73.42 3.97 Sheffield City Council 14.55 16.38 1.83 Southampton City Council 17.72 22.29 4.57 Southwark LB 48.81 53.16 4.35 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 10.54 13.96 3.41 Torbay Council 67.97 71.19 3.22 Tower Hamlets LB 83.08 88.66 5.58 Wiltshire County Council 60.16 61.24 1.09 Wolverhampton MBC 17.30 22.13 4.84 Source: WasteDataFlow Litter: Rural Areas Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of littering in rural areas. [294995] Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government’s policy on tackling litter applies to all communities. There is no excuse for littering and local authorities have been given powers to deal with litterers, most recently through the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. Littering is an offence and if convicted in a magistrates court an offender may receive a fine of up to £2,500 and a criminal record. As an alternative, local authorities have powers to issue on the spot fines of up to £80. The 2005 Act includes a power for parish councils to issue on the spot fines for littering the first time. Through its annual grant to the charity Keep Britain Tidy, the Government campaign for behaviour change on litter. Campaigns like The Big Tidy Up and the Eco-Schools programme raise awareness of the issue, and get communities and individuals actively involved in clean-ups, in understanding the impact of littering and taking greater responsibility for their neighbourhoods. Local Government Association Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 443W, on the Local Government Association, what guidance his Department has provided on the status of the Local Government Association in respect of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. [294779] Dan Norris: My Department has not provided any guidance on the status of the Local Government Association in respect of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs). Guidance on which bodies may be public authorities under the EIRs is publicly available on the DEFRA website at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/policy/opengov/eir/ guidance/full-guidance/pdf/guidance-2.pdf Pigs Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of maintaining the ban on raising pigs on swill. [295475] Jim Fitzpatrick: No formal assessment has been made. However, at the time when the ban was introduced in 2001, around 70 swill processors lost trade and around 90 swill feeders had to find alternative sources of feed. Restaurants, kitchens and factories producing food also had to find alternative disposal routes. These bodies have subsequently adapted to the new rules and so a cost comparison between then and now would be difficult to make. The benefits of maintaining the ban remain primarily the prevention of disease spread. As the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak demonstrated, the financial and practical consequences of one mistake in swill feeding can be enormous and potentially far outweigh the costs above. This FMD outbreak, the cause of which was thought to be the feeding of unprocessed swill to pigs, is estimated to have cost in the region of £8 billion (including indirect costs) and the potential for re-introducing the disease by livestock being illegally fed on infected meat is a constant and on-going concern. For this reason, the Government support a maintenance of the EU wide ban which is now in place. Recycling Mr. Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to introduce quotas on the minimum amount of recycled material to be used in (a) motor vehicle manufacture and (b) manufactured goods; and if he will make a statement. [295590] Dan Norris: There are no such plans. Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of waste was (a) recycled and (b) composted in 2007-08 in each local authority area. [295798] Dan Norris: I have asked for the list of local authorities ranked by waste recycled and composted in 2007-08 to be placed in the Library of the House. Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities recycled or composted a smaller proportion of their total waste in 2007-08 than in 2006-07. [295847] Dan Norris: The following table shows the English local authorities that composted a smaller proportion of their total household waste in 2007-08 than in 2006-07.
57W Written Answers 26 OCTOBER 2009 Written Answers 58W Household composting rate (percentage) Authority 2006-07 2007-08 Difference between 2006-07 and 2007-08 Easington District Council 20.85 4.24 -16.61 Durham City Council 11.32 2.81 -8.51 Sedgefield Borough Council 9.67 1.34 -8.33 Derwentside District Council 9.03 1.44 -7.59 Chester-Le-Street District Council 7.58 0.00 -7.58 Durham County Council 12.23 5.89 -6.34 Hertsmere Borough Council 17.40 12.15 -5.26 Wear Valley District Council 8.26 3.16 -5.10 West Devon Borough Council 18.98 13.93 -5.05 Richmondshire District Council 14.75 11.79 -2.96 Surrey Heath Borough Council 9.65 7.19 -2.47 Camden LB 5.67 3.23 -2.44 Hambleton District Council 29.23 27.15 -2.09 Bridgnorth District Council 18.01 16.10 -1.91 Wandsworth LB 3.61 2.08 -1.53 West Wiltshire District Council 21.31 19.85 -1.47 South Shropshire District Council 31.36 29.92 -1.44 Brent LB 10.27 8.90 -1.38 Chelmsford Borough Council 17.41 16.05 -1.36 Spelthorne Borough Council 2.41 1.27 -1.14 Watford Borough Council 16.01 14.96 -1.04 Restormel Borough Council 0.95 0.00 -0.95 Hammersmith and Fulham LB 4.46 3.56 -0.91 North East Lincolnshire Council 14.37 13.55 -0.83 Colchester Borough Council 12.51 11.74 -0.77 Northampton Borough Council 16.81 16.16 -0.65 South Ribble Borough Council 21.98 21.36 -0.62 Daventry District Council 29.93 29.31 -0.62 Torbay Council 7.58 6.98 -0.59 Forest Heath District Council 23.96 23.38 -0.57 Bradford City MDC (MBC) 12.18 11.61 -0.57 Shepway District Council 13.37 12.81 -0.56 Lambeth LB 10.78 10.22 -0.56 Medway Borough Council 12.27 11.73 -0.54 Oxfordshire County Council 15.52 14.99 -0.53 Harlow District Council 1.69 1.18 -0.51 Wiltshire County Council 14.04 13.55 -0.49 Woking Borough Council 11.21 10.83 -0.38 Barking and Dagenham LB 5.93 5.58 -0.35 Vale Royal Borough Council 26.01 25.69 -0.32 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 17.52 17.21 -0.30 Waltham Forest LB 10.28 10.05 -0.23 Kennet District Council 13.67 13.47 -0.20 West Berkshire District Council 6.23 6.05 -0.18 Bexley LB 17.79 17.62 -0.17 Kerrier District Council 7.79 7.62 -0.17 Southwark LB 4.18 4.02 -0.16 Wolverhampton MBC 15.18 15.02 -0.16 Maldon District Council 13.07 12.99 -0.08 Western Riverside Waste Authority 5.84 5.81 -0.02 Worcester City Council 0.06 0.05 -0.01 Source: WasteDataFlow. The following table shows the English local authorities that recycled a smaller proportion of their total household waste in 2007-08 than in 2006-07. Household dry recycling rate (Percentage) Authority 2006-07 2007-08 Difference between 2006-07 and 2007-08 North Kesteven District Council 34.21 29.15 -5.07
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