§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 559–60W, if she will publish figures available to date for the performance of local authorities against targets for waste recycling in 2002–03. [99361]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 26 February 2003]: Data concerning the performance of local authorities against targets for waste recycling are collected on an annual basis. Such data are too extensive to be published in Hansard, but is available to the public via sources such as Defra Online.
Individual local authority recycling rates for 2000–01 are available on line and in Annex B of the Municipal Waste Management Strategy for 2000–01. Corresponding data for 2001–02 are currently being collected, interim national and regional totals will be published in April. Results for all individual local authorities will be published in the summer. Data for 2002–03 will be collected later this year.