§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, if he will list by year for the last 10 years, and for each port in the United Kingdom, the number of tonnes of hazardous waste that was imported.
§ Mr. TrippierInformation on the importation of waste through ports in the United Kingdom is available only since the introduction of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations in October 1988.
The information in respect of imports of waste through English ports for financial years 1988–89—October to March only—and 1989–90 is shown in the following table.
139WThe provision of similar information for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively.
Ports of Entry Waste imported (tonnes) 1988–89 1989–90 Chatham 76.0 456.2 Dartford — 1,138.4 Dover 20.4 5,185.1 Felixstowe 7,550.2 8,865.4 Fleetwood 3.3 154.0 Flixborough — 1,189.2 Gravesend 152.5 42.5 Grimsby — 38.8 Harwich 104.0 153.6 Heysham 32.4 718.4 Immingham 3,213.0 9,161.4 Ipswich — 205.9 Liverpool 280.8 792.6 Middlesbrough 138.1 203.1 Poole — 30.0 Portsmouth — 1.9 Purfleet 99.8 12.1
Permanent dwellings completed: Greater London (number of dwellings) Local authorities Year Private sector Housing associations London boroughs1 LCC/GLC1 2 Other public sector3 All dwellings 1961 9,557 38 9,310 3,867 272 23,044 1962 9,133 202 11,006 2,889 295 23,525 1963 9,564 257 10,279 4,035 231 24,366 1964 11,482 227 10,005 4,470 332 26,516 1965 10,802 283 12,266 5,516 190 29,057 1966 10,770 769 14,802 5,057 243 31,641 1967 9,943 469 16,934 5,398 282 33,026 1968 10,273 739 16,422 6,223 205 33,862 1969 8,198 1,979 17,734 5,279 113 33,303 1970 8,769 1,114 22,088 5,147 318 37,436 1971 8,342 2,223 18,158 4,984 150 33,857 1972 7,452 1,467 15,212 3,821 472 28,424 1973 7,718 1,224 11,276 4,410 90 24,718 1974 6,991 1,597 14,409 5,319 325 28,641 1975 8,513 2,316 13,407 5,502 453 30,191 1976 6,063 2,825 15,555 7,120 15 31,578 1977 5,590 2,347 16,112 6,442 281 30,772 1978 5,291 1,491 13,164 6,449 43 26,438 1979 3,773 1,928 10,372 5,000 161 21,234 1980 4,426 2,402 11,974 4,275 67 23,144 1981 4,021 1,979 10,206 3,200 31 19,437 1982 5,807 1,612 5,730 1,524 0 14,673 1983 7,289 1,563 4,155 994 2 14,003 1984 7,185 1,560 2,968 526 0 12,239 1985 6,445 1,122 2,653 120 0 10,340 1986 8,345 700 2,337 0 0 11,382 1987 10,295 1,142 1,260 — 0 12,697 1988 12,049 1,108 1,419 — 0 14,576 1989 12,700 1,467 922 — 0 15,089 1990 13,807 1,737 1,904 — 0 17,448 1 Figures show the number of dwellings completed by the authority concerned, some of these, particularly for the GLC, were outside the Greater London region. 2 The London County Council (LCC) was replaced by the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965 and the GLC was abolished in 1986. 3 Covers housebuilding by government departments and by local authorities acting other than as housing authorities for example accommodation for school caretakers, park keepers etc.