§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of costs incurred by the Environment Agency in respect of landfill inspections were covered by charges levied, in the most recent year for which figures are available. [85844]
§ Mr. Meacher100 per cent. of landfill inspection costs are covered through charges.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the(a) number and (b) total size was of landfill sites in the United Kingdom broken down by region, in each year since 1995. [85891]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 11 December 2002]: The number of landfill sites in England and Wales is provided in the table. Data on the numbers of sites before 2000 are not readily available because the Environment Agency used to collect information on the number of licences rather than number of sites (a site could have several licences). Data are not available for Scotland or Northern Ireland.
2002–03 2001–02 2000–01 Anglian 151 171 224 Midlands 166 201 294 North East 186 216 255 North West 114 126 153 South West 100 113 132 Southern 78 101 123 Thames 98 110 111 Wales 68 81 91 Grand total 961 1,119 1,383 The following tables provide a breakdown, by Government Office region, of landfill capacity in 1998–99. Landfill capacity covers two types—open gate (open to anyone) and restricted access (usually in-house landfills for the private use of a single company). Similar figures for 2000–01 will be available shortly on the Agency's website once data have been quality assured. These data are based on surveys carried out every two years. The first survey was not commissioned until 1998.
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Region Degradable Cap&Cover Inputs Life expectancy East of England 91,918 36,767.2 9509 4.8 East Midlands 57,612 23,044.8 3,678 7.8 London 15,661 6,264.4 1,234 6.3 North East 38,973 15,589.2 2,206 8.8 North West 64,115 25,646.0 6,437 5.0 South East 96,723 38,689.2 7.306 6.6 South West 41,158 16,463.2 3.669 5.6 Wales1 35,926 14,370.4 2,643 6.8 West Midlands 69,559 27,823.6 4,026 8.6 Yorkshire & the Number 75,815 30,326.0 5,439 7.0 National total 587,460 234,984 46,147 6.4 1Information split not available—total Wales landfill capacity 52.619,000 cubic metres
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines against landfill sites for problems related to (i) odours, (ii) water pollutions, (iii) air pollution and (iv) human health impact there were in each year since 1995, broken down by region. [85894]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 11 December 2002]: The data are not available in the form requested. Environment Agency reports have been collated centrally since April 2001 and so annual data are not available before this date. The following tables show the number of incidents broken down into impacts on water, land and air, and by region for the period April 2001 to March 2002. No specific record of impact on health is kept. It should be noted that each incident can be recorded as having an impact on more than one media. Therefore, adding records for impacts on single media will involve some double counting.
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Region Cat1 (major) Cat2 (significant) Cat3 (minor) Cat4 (no impact) Water impact Anglian 0 0 9 142 Wales 0 0 15 239 Midlands 0 2 8 119 North East 0 2 9 169 North West 0 0 19 1,105 South West 0 0 8 77 Southern 0 1 15 188 Thames 0 1 7 73 Total 0 6 90 2,112 Land impact Anglian 0 9 51 91 Wales 0 3 15 236 Midlands 0 1 26 102 North East 0 13 50 117 North West 0 2 36 1,086 South West 0 1 24 60 Southern 0 3 22 179 Thames 0 3 23 55 Total 0 35 247 1,926 Air impact Anglian 0 8 86 57 Wales 0 7 209 38 Midlands 0 2 91 36 North East 0 15 89 76 North West 0 196 868 60 South West 0 2 54 29 Southern 0 11 159 34 Thames 0 3 51 27 Total 0 244 1,607 357 In relation to court action and fines, data are available from 1999 from the National Enforcement Database.
Region Year Number of court actions Number of fines Total fines £ Midlands 1999 5 12 16,250 2000 2 8 88,500 North East 2000 3 4 16,750 North West 2000 1 3 35,000 2001 1 1 3,000 2002 1 3 17,000 EA Wales 2000 2 3 23,000 2001 3 4 14,500 Anglian 2002 1 4 60,000 South West 2002 1 2 2,500