§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what share of its budget for remediation costs English Partnerships has brought forward into the first three months of the 2004–05 financial year to allow works to be undertaken before the implementation of the next phase of the Landfill Directive. [184946]
§ Keith HillLess than 1 per cent. of English Partnerships' total projected remediation costs for 2004–05 were brought forward into the first three months of the financial year to allow works to be undertaken before implementation of the Landfill Directive.
§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister by what(a) amount and (b) percentage English Partnerships has increased the allowance for remediation costs in (i) the Thames Gateway and (ii) the coalfields in its 2004–05 budget to meet anticipated additional costs arising from the implementation of the ban on co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. [185090]
§ Keith HillThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has not had to provide any additional funding to English Partnerships in 2004–05 for increased remediation costs arising from the ending of the co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. English Partnerships is committed to best practice and sustainability in regeneration and has always made322W allowances for remediation costs on the presumption of seeking the most economic waste treatment solution that minimises the removal of material to landfill. These efforts have been strengthened with the approach of the directive trigger date and English Partnerships has worked on a project level to mitigate cost effects on individual sites including examining feasibility for and effecting in-situ bio remediation.