§ Mr. Robert JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many landfill sites are no longer allowed to accept waste for disposal as a result of their failure to submit a conditioning plan; and what estimate she has made of the volume of waste that has thereby been diverted to(a) other landfill sites and (b) other means of disposal. [111794]
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§ Mr. MeacherUnder the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002, operators of landfills that wished to continue to accept waste after 16 July 2002 had to submit a conditioning plan to the Environment Agency. Those that did not wish to continue to accept waste had no need to submit a plan, so it is not possible to know exactly how many fell into this latter category. However, the Agency had expected around 1,100 plans to be submitted, and in the event just under 1,000 actually were. What this constitutes in terms of diversion of waste is impossible to say, but all waste generated has to be either re-used, recycled, recovered or disposed of regardless of the number of landfill sites available.
§ Mr. PriskTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent under the landfill tax credit scheme in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03 (i) on Object C and CC projects, (ii) on community environmental projects and (iii) in total on all eligible schemes. [111550]
§ Mr. MeacherFigures provided by Entrust, which regulates the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme on behalf of HM Customs and Excise, are set out in the table (figures are collected on a calendar year basis):
£million Project spend (UK) Year Object C/CC Community Environment Projects (object D/E) 1Total project spend 2001 34.28 56.73 82.05 2002 35.14 56.73 82.05 20032 6.23 7.16 13.51 1 Some projects are counted in both object columns but the spend is only included once in the total 2To date