§ 28. Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what help she is giving to local authorities to improve doorstep recycling [81234]
§ Mr. MeacherIndividual local authorities are in a position to decide how best to meet the requirements we have put in place to increase recycling, taking into account local circumstances.
However, we are providing additional funding to improve recycling rates, both through additional revenue support grant distributed to local authorities by formula and through a waste minimisation and recycling fund totalling £140 million over the two years 2002–03 and 2003–04. The latter is a challenge fund.
Under the allocations from that fund outside London for 2002–03, we supported 112 schemes, more than 30 of which involved additional kerbside collection outside London.