HC Deb 18 December 1991 vol 201 c167W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much was spent on advertising material to alert waste carriers to the requirement to register with waste regulation authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

The Department of the Environment, in conjunction with the Scottish Office and the Welsh Office, issued a free explanatory leaflet entitled "If you carry waste, this will affect you". The cost of printing and distributing 250,000 copies of this leaflet was £17,751. A further 100,000 copies are being printed, at a cost of £2,109.