HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 cc730-2W
Mr. Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish the consultation paper on the categories of works to be scheduled for control under proposals for changes to industrial air pollution legislation.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

I have today published a consultation paper which lists those works which we propose should be subject to control by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, Her Majesty's industrial pollution inspectorate and by local authorities under legislation to amend the air pollution control system. Under proposals for a cross-media approach to pollution control, the works listed for authorisation by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution would come under the integrated pollution control system.

The paper largely discharges the commitment to further public consultation that was made in the consultation papers on air pollution control and integrated pollution control issued (respectively) in December 1986 and in July of this year. A final consultation paper on charging will be issued in the early part of next year.

Today's consultation paper is accompanied by a paper containing a summary of the responses to the consultation paper issued in 1986, a note on our decision now to favour enforcement of air pollution controls by means of binding authorisations, as recommended by the Royal Commission on environmental pollution, and two specimen authorisations.

Rate support grant payable under latest supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement report
(£m at constant 1988–89 prices)
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Barnsley 71.06 65.01 64.40 60.72 56.12 63.1 64.05 60.96
Birmingham 253.29 228.60 235.87 224.07 225.10 200.50 207.72
Blackburn 13.45 12.04 12.82 12.35 11.79 12.66 11.36 10.55
Bolton 76.22 73.50 72.92 70.57 69.02 76.73 78.23 76.40
Bradford 149.35 143.32 146.94 139.82 139.09 146.70 150.39 155.81
Bristol 25.21 21.08 20.31 19.51 17.94 18.75 17.11 16.19
Burnley 7.79 6.80 7.01 6.68 5.69 5.79 5.49 5.35
Coventry 86.39 82.53 79.00 75.17 66.71 68.13 69.05 69.39
Derby 10.02 11.13 10.77 10.31 9.48 10.98 10.20 9.60
Doncaster 86.43 78.58 78.00 74.46 70.64 77.76 78.34 76.36
Dudley 51.13 47.47 49.78 48.78 43.53 53.57 44.36 41.17
Gateshead 63.33 57.14 55.98 54.54 51.24 57.49 56.40 55.06
Halton 6.33 5.53 5.25 4.98 4.42 4.71 4.02 4.03
Hartlepool 6.16 5.60 6.05 5.85 5.47 5.28 4.56 4.57
Kingston upon Hull 19.84 20.30 19.92 18.99 18.55 22.08 19.79 21.33
Kirklees 113.65 114.02 114.45 111.64 107.36 118.93 125.12 125.99
Knowsley 59.30 53.53 51.04 49.82 45.51 48.22 48.03 48.11
Langbaurgh-on-Tees 7.66 6.26 6.27 5.82 5.08 5.08 4.73 2.83
Leeds 176.06 158.43 158.63 152.29 136.84 151.14 150.97 146.09
Leicester 18.25 15.21 18.74 16.68 17.57 16.12 18.65 18.16
Liverpool 172.80 156.91 151.82 146.02 143.51 148.66 144.47 150.03
Manchester 165.09 132.82 126.10 120.04 112.29 110.98 93.11 110.33
Middlesbrough 14.72 12.85 12.06 12.38 11.60 12.98 12.40 13.96
Newcastle upon Tyne 70.82 51.71 54.06 50.46 46.85 23.86 45.27 55.16
North Tyneside 58.11 51.87 50.30 50.81 47.18 44.18 47.25 47.53
Nottingham 16.06 15.92 16.63 16.04 17.62 19.36 16.84 16.61
Oldham 74.76 68.86 68.99 66.36 64.61 70.38 73.59 73.71
Plymouth 13.98 13.18 12.54 12.21 11.62 14.36 13.31 13.71
Preston 7.42 7.23 7.86 7.54 6.93 7.05 6.59 6.29
Rochdale 69.28 66.58 66.74 63.74 60.64 64.11 63.67 63.84
Rotherham 79.47 72.68 71.37 68.62 64.07 72.10 72.82 71.43
St. Helens 50.62 47.35 48.07 46.66 42.83 46.75 48.10 46.13
Salford 85.20 75.64 74.41 65.64 61.97 63.06 63.22 59.98
Sandwell 58.03 62.04 67.34 66.80 57.96 77.31 65.81 54.60
Sefton 73.03 66.74 63.12 59.50 56.92 68.94 65.15 63.86
Sheffield 136.48 122.73 119.70 124.38 113.44 98.12 121.66 115.72
South Tyneside 58.92 53.10 51.02 48.45 45.85 50.19 51.16 51.08
Stockton-on-Tees 7.50 6.59 6.78 6.44 4.68 5.67 5.12 4.55
Sunderland 91.46 86.61 83.62 79.91 77.46 79.98 84.75 86.95
Walsall 59.58 52.62 60.14 59.36 52.78 56.89 57.58 49.66
Wigan 90.28 86.49 78.06 77.46 73.30 75.83 79.92 77.08
Wirral 86.10 79.80 79.57 75.80 72.23 81.89 78.05 76.50
Wolverhampton 63.88 61.20 61.22 59.04 54.56 70.79 56.70 53.52
Wrekin 7.35 6.71 6.56 5.93 5.06 4.65 4.01 3.93
Brent 72.36 76.62 65.76 77.01 60.08 57.69 76.38 74.32
Greenwich 41.03 38.52 35.04 38.98 40.81 54.07 56.46 50.66
Hackney 58.56 56.24 52.41 58.92 53.92 84.35 73.19 72.74
Hammersmith and Fulham 43.78 43.01 44.21 42.18 43.35 56.39 55.20 51.35
Haringey 80.99 80.73 72.94 69.07 73.49 57.06 75.98 84.67
Islington 35.61 37.80 43.17 4.72 28.93 51.38 60.51 52.54
Kensington and Chelsea 16.23 22.74 25.77 22.85 15.37 42.61 36.68 36.74
Lambeth 70.08 73.26 65.31 59.91 58.59 57.31 82.47 89.95
Lewisham 63.09 61.76 59.56 55.70 58.31 74.01 68.72 69.22
Newham 84.44 95.59 76.56 91.24 90.40 80.82 87.60 98.41
Southwark 57.80 49.17 42.33 18.96 48.67 74.24 63.12 68.74
Tower Hamlets 36.93 33.73 31.59 28.83 24.76 66.91 66.74 60.49
Wandsworth 62.94 59.99 64.11 60.95 61.62 80.54 75.03 73.49

Copies of both papers are being sent to local authority and industrial trade associations, environmental organisations and others with an interest, and are available in the Library of the House.