§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the expected cost to local authorities is of providing temporary storage for refrigerators. [30321]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 29 January 2002]: The estimated costs for dealing with waste fridges are in the range of £22 to £35. This figure will cover transport, handling, storage and processing. The storage element will vary according to the length of storage, location of the site, and whether the local authority own the storage site.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding her Department has allocated to(a) Buckinghamshire county council and (b) Aylesbury Vale district council to assist with the costs of storing and processing refrigerators and freezers; and what plans she has to make further funding available. [30043]
§ Mr. Meacher£6 million has been added to the provisional local government finance settlement for 2002–03 for the costs of implementing the ozone depleting substances regulation relating to the period 1 January 2002 to 31 March 2002. This will be distributed to local authorities using Standard Spending Assessments (SSA). The extra money has been added to the upper tier sub-block of the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services SSA. We are continuing to assess the impacts of the regulation and will determine what further action is required beyond that.