HC Deb 29 October 2003 vol 412 cc309-10W
Mrs. May

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what responsibilities local authorities have in relation to the(a) movement of hazardous waste and (b) identification of material contained in landfill sites. [134453]

Amounts of council tax collected1
£ million
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Inner London
City of London 1,331 1,417 1,571 1,830 2,091 2,280 2,551 2,644
Camden 37,056 43,630 50,506 58,740 60,660 60,840 65,780 69,600
Greenwich 29,234 36,751 42,630 46,802 48,267 50,108 52,074 56,861
Hackney 20,781 23,071 26,801 26,618 27,787 29,625 36,716 44,568
Hammersmith & Fulham 30,740 35,882 44,846 47,912 50,515 53,881 57,654 58,743
Islington 26,040 31,335 38,133 40,736 43,349 43,783 45,786 46,640
Kensington &, Chelsea 34,281 37,334 42,781 45,354 49,832 49,102 55,316 64,412
Lambeth 31,512 31,924 41,908 42,931 46,740 46,401 58,396 65,919
Lewisham 30,418 32,537 41,976 43,267 46,284 52,070 57,426 62,481
Southwark 26,694 34,584 38,100 43,211 45,193 52,919 55,892 61,468
Tower Hamlets 15,380 18,419 21,742 23,978 27,478 31,839 34,662 38,699
Wandsworth 27,209 35,719 38,825 30,242 36,648 40,158 46,130 41,475
Westminster 22,708 25,260 28,980 31,866 34,074 36,137 41,036 44,996
Total Inner London 333,384 387,863 458,799 483,487 518,918 549,143 609,419 658,506
Outer London
Barking & Dagenham 17,906 19,475 22,858 25,951 27,766 30,060 32,712 34,808
Barnet 62,897 68,042 75,680 83,756 87,787 97,072 103,031 108,870
Bexley 38,328 40,037 44,750 49,845 55,312 58,926 64,237 69,686
Brent 27,083 27,051 38,836 41,902 48,516 52,570 55,255 60,805
Bromley 55,687 60,924 68,076 71,584 78,385 86,353 97,867 105,146
Croydon 56,216 57,745 64,627 73,295 83,487 84,302 90,750 92,588
Haling 42,784 45,009 53,922 60,563 66,164 70,814 77,710 84,178
Enfield 44,005 46,958 53,461 57,529 63,150 67,115 75,117 82,041
Haringey 33,226 35,330 43,165 46,422 49,023 52,552 55,531 59,516
Harrow n/a 39,659 46,560 51,503 55,675 60,842 67,748 72,747
Havering 39,055 42,674 49,577 54,880 59,243 66,473 72,568 79,367
Hillingdon 41,846 43,968 49,477 55,678 61,194 67,696 74,588 81,231
Hounslow 35,478 39,162 44,479 47,402 52,496 58,158 64,650 69,485
Kingston upon Thames 28,585 30,454 33,410 36,394 42,231 47,128 52,594 58,606
Merton 34,447 37,134 42,613 46,781 49,435 54,335 60,845 65,371
Newham 19,112 20,040 24,894 26,810 30,400 33,735 38,069 41,568
Redbridge 37,513 39,582 45,190 49,297 55,261 59,162 64,173 69,449
Richmond upon Thames 47,754 51,112 56,319 57,691 64,420 70,465 77,674 85,077
Sutton 33,569 35,534 39,166 43,716 47,441 50,690 55,524 61,623
Waltham Forest 32,313 36,215 44,685 44,065 46,192 49,544 53,829 57,988
Total Outer London n/a 816,105 941,745 1,025,064 1,123,578 1,217,992 1,334,472 1,440,150
Total Greater London n/a 1,203,968 1,400,544 1,508,551 1,642,496 1,767,135 1,943,891 2,098,656
1 Irrespective of the financial year to which it relates,
n/a = not available

Mr. Morley

I have been asked to reply.

Local authorities have no regulatory responsibilities regarding the movements of hazardous waste unless they are directly involved in the production, collection or processing of the waste in question. Movements of hazardous waste in Great Britain are controlled by the Special Waste Regulations 1996 and enforced by the Environment Agency. The Regulations require that hazardous waste be monitored from the moment it is discarded until it reaches its final point of treatment, disposal or recovery. The Environment Agency is the regulatory authority for controlling landfill sites and local authorities have no role in regulating licensed or permitted sites. However, under contaminated land legislation, local authorities do become responsible for closed landfill sites in certain circumstances.