§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department will spend on waste recycling in the current year and each of the next two years in real terms.
§ Mr. MacleanThe resources allocated for waste recycling in 1992–93 and the amounts currently proposed 277W for 1993–94 and 1994–95 within the expenditure plans described in the Department's 1993 annual report (Cm 2207), including supplementary credit approvals to support local authorities' capital expenditure on waste recycling projects, are as follows:
1992–93 £000 1993–945 £000 1994–955 £000 UK 20001 168 — — Environmental Grant Fund/Environmental Action Fund 289 2376 2216 Consultancies/Research 470 3320 384 Publicity 4312 318 6— Special Grants Programme 80 — — Staff resources 106 111 6— TOTAL 1,425 825 300 Supplementary Credit Approvals 15,000 14,598 15,358 Notes:
1 A substantial part of this grant to Friends of the Earth was used for work to encourage waste minimisation and the recycling and composting of waste.
2 Grants offered.
3 Current plans, not yet confirmed.
4 Forecast expenditure.
5 Deflated to 1992–93 prices.
6 Not yet known.
The Department of Trade and Industry also has expenditure on this subject.