HC Deb 30 October 1992 vol 212 cc859-60W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities which have not yet submitted recycling plans to his Department; what enforcement action he intends to take; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maclean

Out of 366 waste collection authorities, 50–14 per cent.—have not submitted recycling plans to my Department. They are listed as follows:

District councils

  • Alnwick
  • Amber Valley
  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Blackburn
  • Bolsover
  • Chorley
  • Cleethorpes
  • East Nottinghamshire
  • East Cambridgeshire
  • Eden
  • Erewash
  • Fenland
  • Glanford
  • Great Yarmouth
  • High Peak
  • Hyndburn
  • Kingston upon Hull
  • Lichfield
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • North Shropshire
  • North East Derbyshire
  • Preston
  • Richmondshire
  • Shrewsbury and Atcham
  • Slough
  • South Ribble
  • South Cambridgeshire
  • Tandridge
  • Teesdale
  • Wyre
  • York

Metropolitan districts

  • Dudley
  • Gateshead
  • Knowsley
  • North Tyneside
  • Rochdale
  • Sandwell
  • Sheffield
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton

London boroughs

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Brent
  • Camden
  • City of London
  • Hillingdon
  • Islington
  • Sutton
  • Waltham Forest

A further 26 authorities—7 per cent.—have submitted recycling plans, but the plans have not yet been approved by the council. They are noted as follows:

District councils

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Bassetlaw
  • Broxbourne
  • Craven
  • East Yorkshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Hambleton
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Mid Sussex
  • Mole Valley
  • Oxford
  • Scarborough
  • Scunthorpe
  • Southampton
  • Stroud
  • West Wiltshire
  • Worthing

Metropolitan districts

  • Barnsley
  • Kirklees
  • Liverpool
  • Rotherham
  • Wakefield

London boroughs

  • Bromley
  • Enfield
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Newham

Most of these authorities have said that they will submit plans shortly; if they do so, no enforcement action will be necessary. However, the Secretary of State will not hesitate to use his powers under section 49(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to set a statutory deadline for any local authorities which are unwilling to submit recycling plans within a reasonable time.