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Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much household waste was recycled in each of the last 20 years. [93766]
Mr. Bradshaw: The percentage of household waste that was recycled and composted by English local authorities for each year for which figures are available are listed as follows:
| Household waste that was recycled and composted by English local authorities | |
| Percentage | |
| Source: DEFRA Municipal Waste Management Statistics | |
In addition, a provisional estimate has recently been made based on unaudited Best Value Performance Indicators, BV82a+b, that the recycling and composting rate for 2005-06 was around 27 per cent.
Woodland
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what acreage of new woodland has been established in each of the last 20 years. [93875]
Barry Gardiner: The area of new woodland created comes principally from the area of Forestry Commission grant aided planting as well as planting by the Commission on the public forest estate. In addition a small area is planted each year without grant aid. The following table gives the total area created each year.
| New Woodland Creation | ||||
| Thousand of hectares | ||||
| England | Wales | Scotland | Great Britain | |
Trade and Industry
Banking (Penalty Charges)
Mr. McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to limit the level of penalty charges imposed by banks and credit card companies. [93780]
Mr. McCartney: I refer my hon. Friend to his question answered on 10 October 2006, Official Report, column 711W.
Bankruptcy Restrictions Orders
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many bankruptcy restrictions orders (BROs) have been made under the personal insolvency provisions introduced by the Enterprise Act in April 2004; and what proportion of total bankruptcy cases BROs represented in the same period. [94092]
Jim Fitzpatrick: From 1 April 2004 to 30 September 2006, a total of 1,609 bankruptcy restrictions orders (or undertakings) have been made. This represents 1.3 per cent. of all bankruptcy orders made over the same period (the total number of bankruptcy orders made in this period is 121,648).
Data Standards
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the purpose is of data standards (a) BS7666 and (b) BS8766. [89651]
Malcolm Wicks: BS7666 is a set of standards on “Spatial datasets for geographical referencing”. It provides a method of identifying places. BS8766 “Names and identifiers of individuals and groups” provides a method of recording names and identifiers of individuals and groups. They provide for compatibility of information between different producers and users of information based on the standards.
Further information can be obtained from the British Standards Institute (David Cowers—020 8996 7419), and for BS7666, the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) at www.agi.org.uk.
European Landscape Convention
Mr. David Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether his Department considers the European Landscape Convention when considering applications for consent to the development of (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms. [94628]
Malcolm Wicks: The Government do embrace the principles of the European Landscape Convention through the work of their advisors on landscape and seascape matters. Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales are responsible for advising on both onshore and offshore wind farm consent applications.
Gas Supply
Albert Owen: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many households in each constituency in Wales are not connected to the gas network; [94270]
(2) what percentage of households in Wales is without mains gas; [94315]
(3) what percentage of households in England is without mains gas. [93898]
Malcolm Wicks: The English House Condition Survey 2004 indicates that 13 per cent. of English households are without mains gas. The Welsh House Condition Survey 2004 indicates that 19 per cent. of Welsh households are without mains gas. The Government do not hold information about access to the gas network on a constituency basis, but DTI’s regional consumption statistics include information about the number of gas meters relative to the number of households in areas within Wales. The statistics may be accessed at http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file27542.xls.
National Institute for Medical Research
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made in appointing a new director for the National Institute for Medical Research; and what process is being followed. [93489]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 16 October 2006]: This is a matter for the Medical Research Council (MRC). I have asked Professor Blakemore to write to my hon. Friend.
Mr. Dismore: (1) To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 7 March 2006, Official Report, column 1292W, on the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), if he will make a further statement following the letter from the Director of NIMR to the Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council of 22nd September, which was copied to him; [93070]
(2) why correspondence from the Office of Science and Innovation in response to the draft business case drawn up by the Medical Research Council (MRC) on the future of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) was not copied to members of the NIMR sitting on the MRC project board; and if he will make a statement. [93218]
Jim Fitzpatrick: These are matters for the Medical Research Council. I have asked Professor Blakemore to write to my hon. Friend.
Redundancies
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many redundancies have been notified to the Government since 1 July 2006, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [94480]
Jim Fitzpatrick: I regret that I am unable to provide the figures by constituency. The number of notified collective redundancies of 20 or more per establishment since 1 July 2006 is 991 notifications showing a total of 92,189 redundancies.
TV Signal Reception Installers
Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many television signal reception installers had signed up to the Registered Digital Installer scheme as at 30 September, broken down by ITV television region. [92973]
Margaret Hodge: Since the Registered Digital Installer (RDI) scheme was launched in March 2006, 42 installers have completed their training. These are located largely in the West Midlands and South Wales. The number of aerial installers currently attending training courses is set out in the following table.
| ITV region | Number of installers enrolled in training |
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