§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will fund a pilot project to enable Stoke-on-Trent city council to introduce organic waste collection; if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robin SquireWe have made £15 million in supplementary credit approvals—SCAs—available for local authority recycling investment in England in 1993–94, as part of our environmental partnership scheme. The Department invited applications from Stoke-on-Trent city council and other English local authorities for these SCAs on 17 November 1992. A copy of the letter making the invitation has been placed in the Library. We will consider any application from the city council, along with applications from other authorities, against the criteria set out in that letter.