§ Margaret MoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was of disposing of abandoned vehicles in(a) Luton and (b) all local authorities in England in each of the last four years. [3829]
§ Mr. MeacherLuton borough council estimate that their costs in disposing of abandoned vehicles were £60,000 in 2000–01 and £15,000 in 1999–2000. They do not have information for earlier years.
The Department holds no central records of the costs for individual authorities of disposing of abandoned vehicles each year but is considering what further information on abandoned vehicles can be collected in the next Municipal Waste Management Survey later this year.