§ Mr. Drew:To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Regional Waste Plan for the South West is expected to be published; and what proposals it will make with regard to the designation of sub-regional zones. [142274]
§ Keith Hill:I have been asked to reply.
The Regional Waste Strategy for the South West region is being developed by the South West Regional Assembly. Currently it is planned to commence consultation on the strategy in early February 2004 with a view to publishing the completed strategy by July 2004.
The strategy is still under development and will be using data based on former county areas of the South West as these are currently the best available. These data will be used to develop sub regional indicative capacity allocations based on the former county areas.