§ Baroness Howe of Idlicoteasked Her Majesty's Government: What is the proposed profile of spending that is expected to result from the changes to the landfill tax credit scheme announced in this year's Budget.
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§ Lord WhittyIn November 2002 the Pre-Budget Report allocated £100 million/£l 10 million/£l 10 million to sustainable waste management in the UK in the years 2003–04/2004–05/2005–06. This was confirmed in Budget 2003 and amounts to a spending programme for England of around £84 million/£92 million/£92 million.
As the Government have announced, a proportion of the funding will be used to fund transitional arrangements for the landfill tax credit scheme [ref— 88WA parliamentary statement of 3 February 2003 made by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury] and Defra further announced [ref—news release 259/03 issued on 4 July 2003] that £24 million would be made available to supplement the waste minimisation and recycling fund. A new waste implementation programme was launched in May this year as part of the Government's response to the Strategy Unit and the breakdown of programme of activities for proposed spend in this financial year includes:
£ million Local authority support (led by Defra) 1.90 Data (led by Defra) 3.50 Research (led by Defra) 5.00 New technologies (led by Defra) 3.77 Waste minimisation (led by WRAP) 7.93 Kerbside recycling (led by WRAP) 3.46 Education and awareness (led by WRAP) 3.00