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Number of notices and offences
2003 2004
Police force area Fixed penalty notices issued Total prosecutions Fixed penalty notices issued Total prosecutions

Avon and Somerset

31

122

26

97

Bedfordshire

4

16

6

3

Cambridgeshire

10

14

22

10

Cheshire

12

14

14

11

Cleveland

11

27

23

9

Cumbria

14

27

13

31

Derbyshire

16

101

16

78

Devon and Cornwall

35

83

56

78

Dorset

15

18

10

12

Durham

18

101

13

61

Essex

20

38

35

28

Gloucestershire

10

53

4

38

Greater Manchester

34

238

52

98

Hampshire

25

135

32

102

Hertfordshire

7

55

14

45

Humberside

12

50

5

25

Kent

38

97

34

116

Lancashire

85

100

81

37

Leicestershire

11

63

3

50

Lincolnshire

182

89

251

101

London, City of

86

15

32

12

Merseyside

8

20

17

15

Metropolitan Police

65

140

83

142

Norfolk

17

89

29

65

Northamptonshire

4

49

0

34

Northumbria

90

103

111

75

North Yorkshire

91

19

252

18

Nottinghamshire

5

35

7

21

South Yorkshire

11

53

23

28

Staffordshire

12

21

12

22

Suffolk

10

83

18

121

Surrey

35

37

33

40

Sussex

14

22

15

12

Thames Valley

39

47

90

27

Warwickshire

12

14

9

15

West Mercia

35

40

30

42

West Midlands

21

91

23

67

West Yorkshire

25

121

22

65

Wiltshire

38

56

25

50

Dyfed Powys

42

48

8

31

Gwent

31

20

34

19

North Wales

0

53

0

62

South Wales

10

36

27

35

England and Wales

1,291

2,653

1,610

2,048

n/a = Not available.
(1) Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting a crime is shown under the heading of the crime itself.
(2) Estimates made for Staffordshire Police Force who were only able to submit data for a sample of weeks in 2000, have been included in totals only.
Note:
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Natural England

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2006, Official Report, column 2259W, on Natural England, what the (a) original and (b) revised 2006-07 budget agreed for Natural England was; and what plans he has for the 2007-08 budget. [91786]

Barry Gardiner: Natural England inherited its budget for 2006-07 from English Nature, the Rural Development Service and parts of the Countryside Agency, which came together to create the new organisation. It is therefore not strictly possible to make the comparison the hon. Member is looking for.

I cannot confirm Natural England's 2007-08 budget yet. In common with other non-departmental public bodies, they are preparing their corporate plan for discussion through the autumn.

Nuclear Waste

Mr. Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on research into means of nuclear waste disposal in the last 12 months. [90209]


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Ian Pearson: The Department spent £91,097 on direct research projects into radioactive waste disposal in the last financial year.

Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste; and which bodies he is consulting in preparing his response. [92423]

Ian Pearson: The UK Government and the devolved administrations are continuing to work together to develop policy in light of the recommendations from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM). A full response will be made to the respective parliaments and the National Assembly for Wales when they are sitting after recess. CoRWM themselves undertook an extensive programme of engagement with the public and stakeholders in preparing their recommendations. Further information is available on their website at: http://www.corwm.org.uk

Recycling

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many local authorities in England do not provide doorstep recycling programmes. [89195]

Mr. Bradshaw: Every English local authority with a standard waste collection authority responsibility operates a kerbside recycling scheme.

Under the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003, all local authorities in England will be required to collect at least two types of recyclable waste from all households in their area by the end of 2010.

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards achieving the 45 per cent. recycling target set for 2015. [89259]

Mr. Bradshaw: Recycling continues to play an important role in diverting waste from landfill and recovering value from waste, in line with the Government's waste strategy objectives.

Household waste recycling and composting has doubled in the last four years since the publication of Waste Strategy 2000 (and tripled in the last eight years). In 1999, less than 11 per cent. of household waste was recycled; this now stands at 23 per cent. (2004-5), putting us well on course to meet the waste strategy targets of 25 per cent. by 2005-06 and 33 per cent. by 2015.

The recent consultation on the review of the waste strategy included proposals to raise the national targets for household waste recycling and composting to even more ambitious levels, to reach 45 per cent. by 2015 and 50 per cent. by 2020. The revised waste strategy is due to be published this winter.


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