§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many abandoned vehicles were removed by local authorities in Greater London in each year since 1997, broken down by borough. [176708]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 7 June 2004]: Statistics for abandoned vehicles removed and destroyed were first compiled in the Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey for 2000–01. Results for authorities in London are available for 2000–01 and 2001–02. Results for 2002–03 are supplemented by results from the Defra Abandoned Vehicle Survey 2002–03.
Numbers of abandoned vehicles removed and destroyed by each London borough and Waste Collection Authority are listed as follows:
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2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Barking and Dagenham 2,761 n/a 3,201 Barnet 3,287 4,431 3,940 Bexley 1,356 1,776 2,391 Brent 3,471 4,115 4,184 Bromley 3,895 4,215 3,129 Camden 1,629 1,897 1,676 City of London n/a n/a 158 Croydon 2,878 4,376 4,200
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Ealing 3,754 4,916 3,975 Enfield 4,711 6,347 4,973 Greenwich 3,120 4,200 4,429 Hackney 2,700 4,066 3,609 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,430 1,473 2,188 Haringey 6,500 14,560 5,900 Harrow 1,914 12,249 2,650 Havering 1,250 3,126 2,086 Hillingdon 2,286 3,128 3,741 Hounslow 2,247 3,118 3,125 Islington 2,619 3,643 2,748 Kensington and Chelsea 195 232 265 Kingston upon Thames 739 2,159 3,053 Lambeth 3,308 3,775 3,577 Lewisham 5,000 4,671 3,554 Merton 1,683 2140 2,165 Newham 6,704 8,117 3,105 Redbridge 1,562 2,219 2,005 Richmond upon Thames 1,201 1,201 970 Southwark 1,934 2,848 2,245 Sutton 1,651 2,166 2,055 Tower Hamlets n/a n/a 2,781 Waltham Forest 2,716 3,466 3,351 Wandsworth 2,571 2,794 2,753 Westminster 496 333 336 London total 83,900 104,500 94,500 n/a=results not available. 1 for 2001–02=GLA estimate.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the percentage change in the number of abandoned vehicles in England and Wales was in each year since 1997–98. [177057]
§ Mr. MorleyFigures for numbers of abandoned vehicles removed and destroyed in England were first collected in the Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey for 2000–01. Results for 2002–03 are supplemented by the Defra Abandoned Vehicle Survey for 2002–03.
Figures for 2001–02 showed an increase of 28 per cent. from 2000–01.
Figures for 2002–03 showed an increase of 8 per cent. from 2001–02.