HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 cc422-3W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total volume of(a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) other waste was in each region in each year since 2001–02; what this represents (i) per head of population and (ii) broken down by the proportion of waste (A) sent to landfill, (B) incinerated and (C) disposed of by other means. [184860]

Mr. Morley

Infonnation on domestic waste from the Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey for 2001–02 and 2002–03, split by Government region is shown as follows:

Household waste Tonnes (Thousand) Kilogrammes (Per head) Landfilled (Percentage) Incinerated (Percentage) Other (Percentage)
West Midlands 2,694 508 54 32 14
East 2,820 520 79 1 20
London 3,379 459 71 20 9
South East 4,249 529 76 0 23
South West 2,625 529 78 0 22
England 25,819 521 75 9 16
Notes:
Totals and percentages might not add up due to founding.
Household disposal methods estimated from published municipal totals.

The latest year for which full information on industrial and commercial waste is available is 1998–99, from the Environment Agency's National Waste Production Survey, Strategic Waste Management Information for England and Wales. Results can be found at: www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Information on construction and demolition waste is available from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Survey of Arisings and Use of Construction and Demolition Waste in England and Wales in 2001, published in October 2002. Results can be found at: www.odpm.gov.uk

Average monthly cost in 2003–04
£
Company Water Measured Sewerage Unmeasured Total Measured Unmeasured Total
Anglian 8 11 10 11 16 13
Dwr Cymru 7 11 10 7 14 13
United Utilities 9 10 10 9 11 10
Northumbrian/Essex and Suffolk 7 9 8
Northumbrian 6 8 8 9 10 10
Essex and Suffolk 7 11 10
Severn Trent 8 10 9 8 9 8
South West 8 12 10 13 23 18
Southern 7 8 8 11 14 13
Thames 8 9 9 8 8 8
Wessex 8 11 10 10 13 12
Yorkshire/York 8 10 9
Yorkshire 8 10 9 8 10 10
York 6 8 8
Bournemouth and W. Hampshire 7 9 8
Bristol 8 9 9
Cambridge 7 8 8
Cholderton 15 12 12
Dee Valley 6 10 9
Folkestone and Dover 9 13 11
Mid Kent 9 11 11
Portsmouth 7 6 6
South East 9 11 10
South Staffs 7 7 7
Sutton and East Surrey 9 11 10
Tendring Hundred 11 16 13
Three Valleys/North Surrey 8 10 10
Three Valleys 8 10 10
North Surrey 8 10 9
Industry average 8 10 9 10 11 10

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