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Written Answers
26 OCTOBER 2009
Written Answers
60W
Household dry recycling rate (Percentage)
Authority 2006-07 2007-08
Difference between 2006-07 and
2007-08
Western Riverside Waste Authority 82.39 80.91 -1.48
Gedling Borough Council 32.08 30.73 -1.35
Kettering Borough Council 22.30 21.00 -1.30
Erewash Borough Council 25.49 24.26 -1.23
Haringey LB 19.35 18.25 -1.11
Wiltshire County Council 24.24 23.13 -1.11
Milton Keynes Council 24.38 23.44 -0.94
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council 24.62 23.68 -0.94
Alnwick District Council 28.86 27.99 -0.87
Chiltern District Council 32.44 31.91 -0.53
Broxtowe Borough Council 26.54 26.10 -0.44
East Cambridgeshire District Council 16.80 16.45 -0.35
Bradford City MDC (MBC) 12.52 12.17 -0.35
Barking and Dagenham LB 15.15 14.83 -0.33
Rushcliffe Borough Council 27.07 26.89 -0.17
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 98.20 98.05 -0.16
Enfield LB 18.22 18.08 -0.15
Wokingham Council 22.82 22.68 -0.13
Medway Borough Council 20.12 19.99 -0.13
Telford and Wrekin Council 19.82 19.76 -0.07
Ashfield District Council 27.62 27.59 -0.03
Cambridgeshire County Council 22.88 22.86 -0.02
Mansfield District Council 21.34 21.32 -0.02
Isle of Wight Council 14.89 14.88 -0.01
Source:
WasteDataFlow.
Sheep: Tagging
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he
has made of the proportion of sheep which will require
electronic tagging following the implementation of measures
for electronic identification of sheep and goats in accordance
with Regulation (EC) 21/2004. [294846]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Animals born or identified after
31 December 2009 which are intended to be kept beyond
12 months of age will need to be electronically identified.
Around 20 per cent. of lambs born each year are kept
beyond this age as breeding replacements and will need
to be electronically identified.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment
he has made of the effects on disease control which will
result from the implementation of measures for the
electronic tagging of sheep. [294847]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Independent epidemiological modelling
has identified that the introduction of electronic
identification (EID) and individual recording could reduce
costs of managing an outbreak of exotic disease over
the current UK system by up to 13 per cent. as a result
of fewer infected premises and less animals being culled.
It will also improve our ability to track individual
animal movements.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate
his Department has made of the cost to farmers of
implementing measures for electronic identification of
sheep and goats in accordance with Regulation (EC)
21/2004; [294848]
(2) what assessment he has made of the effect of
compulsory electronic tagging of sheep on the (a)
domestic and (b) international competitiveness of the
livestock industry. [295005]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Two partial Impact Assessments are
available on the DEFRA website. A final Impact
Assessment will accompany implementing legislation
later this year.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will introduce
a compulsory farm of origin labelling scheme for (a)
lamb and (b) other meats in conjunction with the
operation of (i) electronic sheep tagging and (ii) other
European directives on livestock traceability. [295006]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Compulsory EU labelling rules on
origin of beef and veal already apply throughout the supply
chain with full traceability being a key requirement.
There are no current plans to introduce compulsory
farm of origin labelling for lamb, or for other meats.
Government do however support current EU proposals
for a Regulation on the Provision of Food Information
which would tighten up country or origin labelling,
particularly for meat and meat products, requiring
specified information to be given where claims of origin are
made. These EU proposals do not relate to electronic
sheep tagging or European directives on livestock
traceability but are intended to ensure consumers
have clear information about the origin of meat products.
Smallholdings: Local Government
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local
authorities have smallholdings; what the area of each