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Recycling
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much and what percentage of domestic waste was recycled in each London borough in each of the last five years. [11358]
Mr. Bradshaw: Results from the last five available years of tonnages of household waste collected for recycling and corresponding household waste recycling rates are from the joint Defra/Greater London Authority (GLA) Municipal Waste Management Survey.
The four London joint waste disposal authorities have been included in the following table:
n/a=not available
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Further details regarding London waste and recycling issues are obtainable from www.capitalwastefacts.com.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many recycling points there are in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire council and (b) Kingston-upon-Hull city council per 1,000 population. [11542]
Mr. Bradshaw: Results from the 2003–04 Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey are listed as follows.
| (a) East Riding of Yorkshire | (b) Kingston-upon-Hull city council | |
|---|---|---|
| Recycling sites | 124 | 52 |
| Civic amenity sites | 10 | 1 |
| Total sites | 134 | 53 |
| Recycling sites per 1,000 population | 1.0 | 0.5 |
Water Resources
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 20 June 2005, Official Report, column 674W, on the Water Resources Treatment and Action Programme, if she will place in the Library her Department's response to the European Commission investigation into UK compliance with the provisions under Article 3(1) and Annex 1A and Articles 5(2), 5(3), 10 and Annex 1B of Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. [7663]
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Mr. Morley: Following careful consideration, I regret to inform you that we have decided not to place a copy of the response in the Library of the House.
The information is being withheld as the Department considers its disclosure would have an adverse effect on international relations between the UK and the Commission and on the course of justice. This is because the information relates to open infraction proceedings and ongoing investigations. For the same reasons disclosure would not be in the public interest at this stage of the proceedings.
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what long-term measures the Department is taking to tackle water shortages; and if she will make a statement. [11335]
Mr. Morley: The Environment Agency is the statutory body with a duty to manage water resources in England and Wales. As part of the Agency's management role it has national and regional water resource strategies which set out the pressures over the next 25 years.
Water companies have duties to maintain adequate supplies of water. They have 25 year water resource plans which complement the Agency strategies and seek to reconcile supply with anticipated demand. These water resource plans are produced voluntarily at present but will become a statutory requirement under the provisions of the Water Act 2003.
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Each water company also has a drought plan which sets out how the company will continue to meet its duties to supply adequate quantities of wholesome water during drought periods with as little recourse as possible to drought orders and permits. These too are produced voluntarily at present but will become a statutory requirement as part of the implementation of the Water Act 2003 later this year.
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Advertising
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Department spent on advertising in each of the last five years. [10237]
Ms Buck: For details on the Department's advertising expenditure for the past three financial years, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) today (UIN 9498).
Figures for advertising expenditure for the prior two financial years could be provided only at disproportionate cost, due to departmental re-organisations.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the (a) Department and (b) non-departmental bodies for which the Department is responsible has spent on advertising in the last three years, broken down by media type. [9498]
Ms Buck: The requested figures are set out in the table. The majority of advertising investment by my Department is in support of the THINK! road safety campaign. Among non-departmental bodies for which the Department is responsible, major advertising investment has been by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, most recently to explain changes to the car tax rules. These changes have resulted in 700,000 fewer unlicensed vehicles on our roads and have recovered £77 million of tax revenue.
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