§ Mr. PawseyTo 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. ChopeSeparate 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. PawseyTo 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. ChopeAgent 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. PawseyTo 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. ChopeThe application of the code to motorways is being monitored both by the Department of Transport and by its agents.