§ Mr. ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of the Waste Recovery Action Programme's 2001–02 budget to stimulate recycling has been allocated(a) in total and (b) to each project involved. [4070]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 16 July 2001]: Total Government funding for WRAP for 2001–02 is £9,615,000. This includes contributions from DEFRA, DTI, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales. That funding has been initially allocated to core costs, programme development costs and to eight areas of programme delivery as set out in the following table. WRAP are currently in the process of developing individual projects, along the lines set out in their business plan, which can be viewed at www.wrap.org.uk.
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Total (£) Core 1,237,048 Development 835,250 Paper 1,307,953 Glass 1,245,536 Plastic 1,371,303 Wood 697,199
Total (£) Commercial Instruments 263.124 Procurement 954,386 Standards 604,803 Communication/Information 1,098,398 Total 9,615,000