Asbestos (Hansard, 11 March 2004)

§ Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the buildings occupied by her Department's staff, including agencies, which require(a) remedial work on and (b) the removal of asbestos; what that work will cost; what budgets are available for this work for (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005; and what budget is available for future asbestos surveys. [159364]

§ Alun Michael
No buildings occupied by Defra or its Executive Agencies staff require remedial work to residual asbestos. In 2003–04, £260,000 was spent on surveys and

Date Type of contact Detail

24 February 2003 Correspondence Asgard made an application to the Environment Agency for registration as an exempt activity from Waste Management Licensing

24 July 2003 Meeting Mr. Donovan met Environment Agency officials (followed by a letter from the Environment Agency to Mr. Donovan, clarifying that his plant would be subject to the Waste Incineration Directive, according to the Government's Waste Incineration Regulations issued in December 2002)

11 September 2003 Correspondence Asgard e-mailed Defra official

11 September 2003 Telephone conversation Defra official telephoned Asgard

19 September 2003 Correspondence Mr. Donovan e-mailed Defra official

14 November 2003 Meeting Defra and Environment Agency officials visited Mr. Donovan and colleagues at prototype plant near Milton Keynes

14 November 2003 Correspondence Defra official e-mailed Mr. Donovan

28 November 2003 Telephone conversation Defra official telephoned Mr. Donovan

16 December 2003 Correspondence Defra official wrote to Mr. Donovan

29 January 2004 Meeting Mr. Donovan, his colleagues and Alistair Burt MP met Elliot Morley (Minister for the Environment). and Defra and Environment Agency officials

1626W preparation of management plans as required by the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.
In 2004–05, £200,000 has been allocated to complete the management plans. No further surveys are planned.

§ Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of buildings occupied by(a) staff of the Department and (b) staff of the Department's executive agencies have been surveyed for the purpose of identifying the presence of asbestos prior to implementation of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. [159374]

§ Alun Michael
All of them.

Date	Type of contact	Detail
24 February 2003	Correspondence	Asgard made an application to the Environment Agency for registration as an exempt activity from Waste Management Licensing
24 July 2003	Meeting	Mr. Donovan met Environment Agency officials (followed by a letter from the Environment Agency to Mr. Donovan, clarifying that his plant would be subject to the Waste Incineration Directive, according to the Government's Waste Incineration Regulations issued in December 2002)
11 September 2003	Correspondence	Asgard e-mailed Defra official
11 September 2003	Telephone conversation	Defra official telephoned Asgard
19 September 2003	Correspondence	Mr. Donovan e-mailed Defra official
14 November 2003	Meeting	Defra and Environment Agency officials visited Mr. Donovan and colleagues at prototype plant near Milton Keynes
14 November 2003	Correspondence	Defra official e-mailed Mr. Donovan
28 November 2003	Telephone conversation	Defra official telephoned Mr. Donovan
16 December 2003	Correspondence	Defra official wrote to Mr. Donovan
29 January 2004	Meeting	Mr. Donovan, his colleagues and Alistair Burt MP met Elliot Morley (Minister for the Environment). and Defra and Environment Agency officials