§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list designated sites in Scotland licensed for the landfill disposal of healthcare waste. [69206]
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§ Mr. MacdonaldInformation on sites in Scotland licensed for the landfill disposal of healthcare waste is not held centrally. Information about all waste management licences is available on public registers held by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the forecast costs to the Lanarkshire health trusts of the disposal of waste by category of disposal(a) in the current financial year and (b) in each of the projected financial years for which figures are available. [69209]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 9 February 1999]: In formulating their forecast costs, the Lanarkshire NHS Trusts have properly anticipated the increasing cost of compliance with more stringent EU legislation governing the disposal of clinical waste. However, the increases in operational efficiency through the use of new technologies should see these costs falling. The forecast costs to the Lanarkshire NHS Trusts are as follows:
£000 1998–99 411 1999–2000 425 2000–09 1434 1 per annum