§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Supply the names of those local authorities with a population of over 10,000 which so far have not organised a system for the regular collection of kitchen waste; and what action he proposes to take to ensure this being done?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanAccording to the records of the Salvage Department of the Ministry of Supply, 680 local authorities with a population of over 10,000, including 316 rural districts, were not, at 31st January last, making collections of kitchen waste. I append a list of these authorities. Some of these authorities may have started collections since that date. As regards the last part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the 1035W answer given on 5th March to the hon. Members for the Forest of Dean (Mr. Price) and for Evesham (Mr. De la Bère).
Following is the list of local authorities:
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Metropolitan Boroughs Battersea St. Marylebone Cheslea Southwark Deptford Stepney Greenwich Wandsworth Kensington County Boroughs Barrow-in-Furness Sunderland Blackburn Tynemouth Brighton Wakefield Burnley Wallasey Cardiff West Bromwich Eastbourne West Hartlepool Merthyr Tydfil Wolverhampton Newport (Mon.) Great Yarmouth Norwich Canterbury St. Helens Boroughs Bexley Ilkeston Bromley Kendal Finchley Kettering Heston and Isleworth Kings Lynn Romford Lancaster Slough Leamington Spa Wanstead and Woodford Leigh Lewes Wimbledon Llanelly Ashton-under-Lyne Lymington Bacup Lytham St. Annes Bangor Macclesfield Barnstaple Maidenhead Barry Maidstone Batley Mansfield Bebington Margate Beverley Middleton Bilston Morecambe and Heysham Blyth (Northumberland) Morley Bury St. Edmunds Mossley Carmarthen Nelson Chatham Newark-on-Trent Chelmsford Newport (I.O.W.) Chepping Wycombe Oswestry Chorley Pembroke Christchurch Penzance Clitheroe Pontefract Congleton Port Talbot Conway Prestwich Dartford Radcliffe Dorchester Ramsgate Dover Rawtenstall Dukinfield Redcar Eccles Rochester Erith Rugby Evesham Ryde Farnworth Sale Faversham Scarborough Flint Surbiton Glossop Sutton Coldfield Goole Swinton and Pendlebury Gravesend Halesowen Tamworth Haslingden Taunton Hereford Thornaby-on-Tees Heywood Tipton
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Boroughs—(contd.). Truro Yeovil Tunbridge Wells Altrincham Wednesbury Aberystwyth Wenlock Bideford Weston-super-Mare Henley-on-Thames Whitehaven Lichfield Widnes Louth Workington Ripon Worksop Urban Districts Abercarn East Grinstead Aberdare Ebbw Vale Abertillery Egham Adwick-le-Street Elland Aireborough Ellesmere Port Aldridge Enfield Alfreton Eston Arnold Exmouth Ashton-in-Makerfield Failsworth Atherton Farnham Audenshaw Frome Barnet Fulwood Barnoldswick Garforth Bedlingtonshire Gellygaer Bedwellty Golborne Bedworth Great Harwood Bentley with Arksey Hale Biddulph Haltemprice Billingham Harrow Bishop Auckland Haydock Bishops Stortford Hayes and Harlington Blaenavon Boldon Hazel Grove and Bramhall Braintree and Bocking Heanor Brandon and Byshottles Hebden Royd Hemsworth Bredbury and Romilley Herne Bay Hetton Bridgend Hinckley Bromsgrove Hindley Brownhills Hoddesdon Bushey Holmfirth Caerphilly Holyhead Camborne and Redruth Hornchurch Horsforth Carlton Horsham Caterham and Warlingham Houghton-le-Spring Hoylake Chadderton Hoyland Nether Cheadle and Gatley Hucknall Chertsey Huyton with Roby Chesham [...]kley Chester-le-Street Ince-in-Makerfield Chigwell Irlam Coalville Kidsgrove Colne Valley Kingswood Conisbrough Kirkby-in-Ashfield Consett Kirkburton Coseley Leatherhead Cowes Leek Crayford Letchworth Crompton Leyland Crook and Willington Litherland Cwmbran Littleborough Dalton-in-Furness Littlehampton Darlaston Llwchwr Darton Long Eaton Dearne Llandudno Denby Dale Maesteg Dorking Maltby East Barnet Malvern
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Mangotsfield Selby Mansfield Woodhouse Sevenoaks March Shildon Market Harborough Shoreham-by-Sea Marple Sidmouth Maryport Skelton and Brotton Matlock Skipton Melton Mowbray Spenborough Milford Haven Spennymoor Mountain Ash Stanley (Co.Durham) Mynyddislwyn Stanley (Yorks) Nantyglo and Blaina Staveley Newburn Stroud Newquay (Cornwall) Sunbury Newton Abbot Sutton-in-Ashfield Newton-le-Willows Swinton Normanton Teignmouth Northwich Tonbridge Norton Radstock Tredegar Oakengates Turton Ogmore and Garw Tyldesley Ormskirk Uxbridge Orpington Walton-le-Dale Otley Walton and Weybridge Padiham Penarth Warsop Penge Wednesfield Penrith West Bridgford Pontypool Whickham Pontypridd Whitby Prescot Willenhall Redditch Wilmslow Rhondda Winsford Ripley Worsley Rhyl Yiewsley and West Drayton Risca Royton Brixham Ruislip Northwood Burnham-on-Sea Runcorn Ely Rushden Formby Ryton Glyncorrig Saddleworth Hexham St. Austell Ilfracombe Sandown and Shanklin Minehead Porthcawl Seaham Rhymney Seaton Valley Rural Districts. Aberystwyth Battle Abingdon Bedford Alcester Belper Alnwick Beverley Alton Biggleswade Amersham Bingham Amesbury Blaby Ampthill Blackburn Andover Blackwell Ashbourne Blyth Ashby de la Zouche Border Atcham Boston Atherstone Bradfield Axbridge Braintree Axholme Bridge Blean Axminster Bridgnorth Aylesbury Bridgwater Bagshot Brixworth Bakewell Bromsgrove Banbury Bucklow Barnard Castle Bullingdon Barnstaple Burnley Barrow-upon-Soar Caistor Basford Calne and Chippenham Basingstoke Bathavon Cannock
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Cardiff Halstead Carmarthen Hambledon Castle Ward Hartismere Cemaes Hartley Wintney Chailey Haverfordwest Chanctonbury Hawarden Chapel-en-le-Frith Hemsworth Chard Henley Cheadle Hereford Chelmsford Hexham Cheltenham Highworth Chester Hitchin Chesterfield Holderness Chester-le-Street Hollingbourn Chesterton Holywell Chichester Horncastle Chipping Norton Horsham Chorley Howden Cirencester Kerrier Clown Kettering Clun Kingsbridge Clutton Kingsclere and Whitchurch Cockermouth Congleton Kiveton Park Cookham Lanchester Cowbridge Langport Cranbrook Leek Crediton Lexden and Winstree Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Lichfield Liskeard Cuckfield Llandilo Dartford Llanelly Daventry Llanfyllin Deben Lleyn Depwade Loddon Derwent Long Ashton Devizes Lothingland Docking Louth Doncaster Ludlow Dorchester Luton Dorking and Horley Macclesfield Downham Magor and St.Mellons Driffield Droitwich Maidstone Droxford Maldon Dunmow Malling Durham Market Bosworth Dursley Marlborough and Ramsbury East Dean East Elloe Marshland Easthampstead Martley East Kesteven Melford East Retford Melton and Belvoir Eastry Mere and Tisbury Ely Meriden Ennerdale Midhurst Epping Mildenhall Erpingham Millom Eton Mitford and Launditch Evesham Faringdon Morpeth Freebridge Lynn Nantwich Forehoe and Henstead Narberth Neath Frome Newbury Gainsborough Newcastle-under-Lyme Garstang Gipping Newmarket Glanford Brigg Newport Pagnel. Gloucester Newton Abbot Gower Nidderdale Grimsby Northampton Guildford North Cotswold Gwyrfai North Kesteven Hailsham North Westmorland
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Northwich Thingoe Okehampton Thirsk Ongar Thornbury Oswestry Thorne Oundle and Thrapston Tiverton Tonbridge Penrith Totnes Penybont Towcester Petersfield Truro Pewsey Tutbury Ploughley Uckfield Pocklington Ulverstone Pontardawe Upton-on-Severn Preston Valley Repton Wadebridge Ringwood and Fordingbridge Wakefield Wallingford Ripon and Pateley Bridge Walsingham Wantage Rochford Ware Romsey and Stockbridge Wareham and Purbeck Ross and Whitchurch Warminster and Westbury Rotherham Rugby Warrington Runcorn Warwick Ruthin Watford Saffron Walden Weardale St. Albans Wellingborough St. Austell Wellington (Salop) St. Faiths and Aylsham Welton Wem St. Germans West Dean St. Thomas West Kesteven Salisbury and Wilton West Lancashire Sedgefield West Penwith Seisdon Wetherby Settle Whiston Sevenoaks Whitby Shardlow Wight, Isle of Shepton Mallet Wigton Skipton Williton Smallburgh Wimborne and Cranborne Sodbury Southam Wincanton South Cambridgeshire Winchester Wisbech South Kesteven Witney Southwell Wokingham South Westmorland Worksop Spalding Worthing Spilsby Wortley Stafford Wrexham Stokesley Wycombe Stone Yeovil Stratford-on-Avon Ystradgynlais Strood Aethwy Stroud Ashford (East) Sunderland Easingwold Swale Hemel Hempstead Tadcaster Hungerford Tamworth Petworth Tarvin St. Ives (Hunts.) Tavistock South Molton Teifiside Wells Tendring Scottish Burghs. Alloa Coatbridge Arbroath Cowdenbeath Barrhead Dumbarton Bo'ness Dumfries Buckhaven and Methil Dundee Grangemouth Clydebank Greenock
Johnstone Port Glasgow Kilmarnock Prestwick Kirkintilloch Renfrew Montrose Stirling Peterhead
§ Mr. Evelyn Walkdenasked the Minister of Supply what were the actual sales or yield from the collection of kitchen waste food by each of the local authorities in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey and Yorkshire for the month of January last?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanThe following list gives the tonnages of kitchen waste food sold for the month of January last by those local authorities in the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey and Yorkshire who are making collections:
MIDDLESEX. Boroughs: Tons sold. Acton 30 Brentford and Chiswick 48 Ealing 19 Edmonton 130 Hendon 40 Hornsey 75 Southall 14 Southgate 100 Tottenham 196 Twickenham 50 Wembley 7 Willesden 60 Wood Green 40 Urban Districts: Feltham 4 Friern Barnet 1 Staines 20 834 1041W
SURREY. County Borough: Croydon 5 Boroughs: Barnes 15 Epsom and Ewell 19 Guildford 22 Malden and Coombe 26 Mitcham 20 Reigate 153 Sutton and Cheam 10 Urban Districts: Carshalton 50 Coulsdon and Purley 9 Esher 21 Haslemere 8 Merton and Morden 28 Woking 2 388
YORKSHIRE. County Boroughs: Bradford 150 Dewsbury 27 Doncaster 7 Halifax 10 Huddersfield 8 Hull 255 Leeds 297 Middlesborough 38 Rotherham 13 Sheffield 41 York 164 Boroughs: Bridlington 5 Brighouse 10 Harrogate 17 Keighley 3 Ossett 10 Pudsey 2 Todmorden 2 Urban Districts Baildon 5 Bingley 5 Castleford 4 Featherstone 1 Guisborough 1 Mexborough 1 Mirfield 1 Rawmarsh 3 Rothwell 1 Shipley 16 Silsden 1 Sowerby Bridge 2 Wath-upon-Dearne 2 Wombwell 1 1,103