§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many hazardous waste landfill sites operate in the United Kingdom; how many of these are in-house sites; and if she will make a statement; [89753]
(2) how many landfill sites have submitted applications to deal with hazardous waste after July 2004; how many of these are in-house sites; and if she will make a statement. [89754]
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Government funding per year (£1,000s) Region 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total East Midlands 44 49 82 90 72 109 67 120 154 109 894 Eastern 36 27 15 9 21 6 24 15 15 25 186 Greater London 1 1 10 2 1 26 1 1 7 1 52 North East 3 1 8 9 18 13 26 15 6 93 192 North West 17 16 42 4 18 42 31 25 72 170 437 South East 17 62 42 52 57 234 196 159 284 546 1,648 South West 15 51 147 81 173 333 360 390 395 595 2,541
§ Margaret BeckettThe information that is available on landfill sites relates to England and Wales and comes from a conditioning plan exercise conducted by the Environment Agency. The figures requested are set out in the table, broken down by region:
Hazardous Hazardous Region (post 2002) Of which in-house1 (post 2004) Of which in-house1 Anglian 47 8 9 7 Midlands 42 4 4 2 North East 39 10 11 6 North West 27 6 8 5 South West 16 1 2 1 Southern 13 0 1 0 Thames 19 1 0 0 Wales 15 6 3 3 Total 218 36 38 24 1 In-house is defined as those landfill sites owned and operated by a company for disposal of its own waste.