HC Deb 17 June 2003 vol 407 c195W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the allocation of PFI credits for waste projects which has occurred, indicating in each case how much is intended for incineration related purposes. [114266]

Mr. Morley

The following table sets out the amount of PFI credits that have been allocated to local authority waste projects. The list includes cases that have been approved on the basis of final business cases—where preferred bidders have been selected and contracts have

Authority Financial year project signed Approval stage PFI credit allocation (£ million) Total municipal waste dealt with (Tonnes per annuum) Incineration capacity included in project (Tonnes per annum)
Isle of Wight1 1997–98 FBC 13 37,000 0
Herefordshire and Worcestershire2 1998–99 FBC 57 347,000 94,000
Kirklees3 1998–99 FBC 33.9 233,500 123,000
Surrey4 1999–2000 FBC 85.5 555,000 400,000
South Gloucestershire5 2000–01 FBC 34.3 185,000 55,000
ELWA6 2002–03 FBC 47 530,000 0
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove6 2002–03 FBC 49 445,000 225,000
Leicester City6 2003–04 FBC 30.8 140,000 0
Central Berkshire7 n/a OBC 37 464,000 0
West Sussex8 n/a OBC 25 414,000 0
Gloucestershire7 n/a OBC 25.105 223,475 0
1 Latest (2002) data
2 Final stage projections
3 Latest 2002–03 estimates
4 Incineration figures based on capacity—not necessarily all for municipal waste
5 Final stage projections based on contract end estimates
6 Final stage data
7 Outline stage data
8 Outline stage data. Civic Amenity Site solution