HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 c601W
Mrs. Brinton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many applications by operators to surrender waste management licences in each of the last three years have been(a) made and (b) granted. [70211]

Mr. Meale

The figures for applications made to the Environment Agency under section 39 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are as follows:

1996–971 1997–981 1998–991,3
Applications made under section 39 of the 1990 Act 2— 201 247
Applications accepted under section 39 of the 1990 Act 2— 128 109
Applications rejected under section 39 of the 1990 Act 2— 10 2
1 1 April-31 March
2 No reliable figures are available for 1996–97. Following the transfer of responsibility from waste regulation authorities the central collection of statistics by the Environment Agency commenced in 1997–98.
3 For the first 9 months of the year