HC Deb 29 July 1941 vol 373 cc1266-8W
Mr. Evelyn Walkden

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what were the amounts of kitchen waste collected by each local authority in the months of January and June, 1941, in the counties of Lancashire, Surrey and Yorkshire?

Mr. Harold Macmillan

The following list gives the tonnages of kitchen waste food sold during the months of January and June, 1941, by those local authorities in the Counties of Lancashire, Surrey and Yorkshire who are making collections: —

Lancashire.
County Boroughs
Tons sold
January. June.
Blackburn 31
Blackpool 5 32
Bolton 26 58
Bootle 4
Burnley 19
Bury 13 38
Liverpool 182½ 224½
Manchester 92 170
Oldham 29½
Preston 21 85
Rochdale 9 7
Salford ½ 10½
Southport 1 25
Warrington 15½
Wigan 82 60
Boroughs
Accrington 44½ 51
Colne 18 12
Crosby 12 12
Darwen 5 15½
Farnworth 16
Fleetwood 11 10½
Nelson 33
Radcliffe 7
Stretford 1 24½
Urban Districts
Abram
Adlington ½
Brierfield
Denton
Droylsden 6 8
Fulwood
Horwich ½ 1
Hoyton with Roby
Kearsley 3
Oswaldtwistle
Ramsbothom 3 4
Thornton Cleveleys 1
Tyldesley 10½
Urmston 17½ 20½
West Houghton 4 9
Whitefield 4
Rural Districts
Blackburn ½
Total 590½ 1,074½

SURREY.
Tons January. Sold. June.
County Borough
Croydon 5 57½
Boroughs
Barnes and Richmond 15 28
Beddington and Wallington 9
Epsom and Ewell 19 15½
Godalming
Guildford 22 31½
Kingston-on-Thames 37½
Malden and Coombe 26 25
Mitcham 20 18
Reigate 153 61
Surbiton 6
Sutton and Cheam 10 44½

Tons sold.
January. June.
Urban Districts
Carshalton 50 43
Coulsdon and Purley 9 18
Esher 21
Farnham 6
Frimley and Camberley 5
Haslemere 8 5
Merton and Morden 28 58
Woking 2 11½
Rural Districts
Godstone ½
Guildford 14
Hambledon 9
Total 388 517½

YORKSHIRE.
Tons sold.
January. June.
County Boroughs
Barnsley
Bradford 150 133½
Dewsbury 27 32
Doncaster 7 7
Halifax 10 8
Huddersfield 8 55½
Hull 255 190
Leeds 297 338
Middlesbrough 38 46
Rotherham 13 31
Sheffield 41 130½
York 164 105½
Boroughs
Batley 10½
Beverley ½
Bridlington 5 14
Brighouse 10 9
Harrogate 17 19
Keighley 3
Morley ½
Ossett 10 6
Pudsey 2 1
Redcar 12½
Ripon 1
Scarborough 17½
Todmorden 2
Urban Districts
Baildon 5 6
Bingley 5
Castleford 4
Denholme 1
Featherstone 1
Guisborough 1 ½
Hoyland Nether
Ilkley
Mexborough 1 ½
Mirfield 1
Rawmarsh 3
Rothwell 1 1
Shipley 16 13½
Silsden 1 1
Stanley 2
Sowerby Bridge 2 1
Wombwell 1 2
Worsborough 10
Wath-upon-Dearne 2
Rural Districts
Flaxton 1
Total 1,103 1,240½