§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many tonnes of dog excrement is estimated to have been collected by local authorities from public byways and spaces in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by authority; [185900]
(2) what the estimated cost to local authorities of collecting dog excrement from public byways and spaces was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what percentage of local council budgets this figure represents; [185901]
(3) how many personnel she estimates are employed by local authorities (a) full-time and (b) part-time in the collection of dog excrement from public byways and spaces; [185902]
(4) what she estimates the cost of employing personnel in (a) cleaning up and (b) recycling dog excrement from public byways and spaces was in each year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. [185903]
§ Alun MichaelThe Government does not collect consolidated figures on how much each local authority spends on collecting dog excrement but the ENCAMS report on local environmental quality showed that there was a reduction in dog fouling in 2003 compared to 2002.