§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the written statement of 3 February 2003,Official Report, column 5WS, on the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme, whether the Scheme in Northern Ireland will remain unaltered following the coming budget. [103908]
§ John HealeyAs the 2002 pre Budget report made clear, from April 2003, around two thirds of the funding currently going through the landfill tax credit scheme will be allocated to additional public spending on sustainable waste management; the devolved administrations will have responsibility for spending within their countries. The PBR also set out that the remaining third will continue to be made available through a UK-wide reformed tax credit scheme, focusing on local community environmental projects. Our plans for reform of this successor tax credit scheme will be set out on a Budget timetable. My written statement of 3 February set out transition funding arrangements for waste management and recycling projects in England. The Devolved administrations are, as my statement made clear, responsible for their own transition arrangements.