§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS of waste disposal by(a) landfill and (b) incineration, in England was in each year since 1996, broken down by (i) NHS region and (ii) strategic health authority. [178247]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe table shows the cost to the national health service of waste disposal in each year since 1999–2000. This information was not collected prior to that date and is therefore shown by strategic health authority (SHA) area only. Information on the breakdown of this cost by disposal method is not collected centrally.
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Total waste disposal costs by year £ million SHA 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 South West Peninsula 0.99 0.69 1.24 1.20 South Yorkshire 1.95 1.23 1.63 1.67 Surrey and Sussex 2.04 2.22 2.30 2.55 Thames Valley 1.90 1.57 1.75 2.00 Trent 1.72 2.02 1.76 2.15 West Midlands South 0.67 0.74 0.98 1.20 West Yorkshire 2.10 2.01 2.57 2.43 National total 40.91 42.14 48.43 53.14