HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 cc287-8W
Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has to transfer inland waterway and navigation management from the Environment Agency to British Waterways. [25380]

Mr. Meacher

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Shona McIsaac) on

Local authority standards and performance data
Household waste recycling (including composting)
Authority 1998–99 Recycling rate1,2 1999–2000 Recycling rate1,3 2003–04 BV standard2 2005–06 BV standard2
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 3 3 10 18
London Borough of Barnet 9 8 18 27
London Borough of Bexley 18 18 33 36
London Borough of Brent 5 6 10 18
London Borough of Bromley 7 13 14 21
London Borough of Camden 11 13 22 33
London Borough of Croydon 14 13 28 36
London Borough of Ealing 10 12 20 30
London Borough of Enfield 9 9 18 27
London Borough of Greenwich 4 4 10 18
London Borough of Hackney 2 2 10 18
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 8 7 16 24
London Borough of Haringey 5 5 10 18
London Borough of Harrow 8 10 16 24
London Borough of Havering 9 4n/a 18 27
London Borough of Hillingdon 7 11 14 21
London Borough of Hounslow 14 14 28 36
London Borough of Islington 3 2 10 18
London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 11 13 22 33
London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames 15 18 30 36
London Borough of Lambeth 7 8 14 21
London Borough of Lewisham 4 4 10 18
London Borough of Merton 9 11 18 27
London Borough of Newham 2 3 10 18
London Borough of Redbridge 7 8 14 21
London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames 14 4n/a 28 36
London Borough of Southwark 3 3 10 18
London Borough of Sutton 16 5 33 36
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 3 3 10 18
London Borough of Waltham Forest 6 9 12 18
London Borough of Wandsworth 8 7 16 24
North London Waste Authority 6 7 12 18
East London Waste authority 4 3 10 18
West London Waste Authority 9 9 18 27
Western Riverside Waste Authority 8 12 16 24
1 Household waste recycling (including composting) rates are based on data from the DEFRA Municipal Waste Management Survey.
2 The best value statutory performance standards for 2003–04 and 2005–06 and baseline recycling/composting rates for 1989–99 were published in "Guidance in Municipal Waste Management Strategies" published by DETR in March 2001.
3 Local authority recycling rates for 1999–2000 are provisional.
4 N/a not available, authority did not respond to 1999–2000 Municipal Waste Management Survey.
5 Estimates under review.

20 November 2001, Official Report, column 193W, which explains why we decided that current responsibilities should continue.

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