§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to which local authority has the highest cost per tonne of refuse disposal, and which has the lowest; and if he will give the figures.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information requested is published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in its publication "Waste Disposal Statistics". Its "1983–84 Actuals" contain the latest available figures for English waste disposal authorities and show that Buckinghamshire had the lowest net revenue cost per tonne of £1.54, and Berkshire the highest at £15.62; costs were not available for the Greater London council or for Cambridgeshire. However the "1982–83 Actuals" did include figures for the GLC, and showed that they were the third highest for that period.