HC Deb 25 June 1991 vol 193 c415W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has paid Warwickshire county council as its agent for clearing litter from the M6 in Warwickshire each year for the last five years.

Mr. Chope

Separate figures for litter clearance on the M6 in Warwickshire are not available. The amounts paid by the Department to Warwickshire county council for sweeping and cleansing, including litter clearance, on those stretches of the M6 in Warwickshire and the west midlands for which it is the Department's agents were:

£
1986–87 28,665
1987–88 30,004
1988–89 1142,480
1989–90 97,194
1990–91 242,906
1 Including £70,000 additional litter scavenges.
2 Latest available figure.

Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements he has for ensuring value for money in payments made to his agents for clearing litter from motorways.

Mr. Chope

Agent authorities are required to expose litter clearing on motorways to competitive tendering in the same manner as their own highway work. Private sector agents let all this work by competiton.

Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who is responsible for monitoring the application of the code of practice on litter under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to motorways.

Mr. Chope

The application of the code to motorways is being monitored both by the Department of Transport and by its agents.