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Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria he adopts to decide what means of transport he uses to travel between his Department's offices and the Palace of Westminster. [130731]
Barry Gardiner: There are no formal criteria used. As a general rule the Secretary of State walks to the Palace of Westminster.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many work permits were applied for by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. [126800]
Barry Gardiner: This information is not held centrally. It can be obtained for the last three years but only at disproportionate cost. We are currently undertaking a HR management information review through which we will seek to ensure that all such information relating to new Civil Servants is collected and easily available in the future.
Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which (a) public and (b) private research establishments have received permission to carry out contained experiments involving Diabrotica virgifera in the UK since 1995; on what date permission was granted in each case; what conditions were attached to the consents in each case; and under what legislation the permission was granted in each case. [129943]
Barry Gardiner: The following establishments currently hold licences under Part 8 of the Plant Health (England) Order 2005 to carry out scientific experiments on Diabrotica virgifera (preferred name Diabrotica virgifera virgifera), subject to a range of measures to prevent release or escape of the pest.
(a) Public research establishments:
DEFRA's Central Science Laboratory, York
(b) Private research establishments:
Conditions in the licences include:
(i) use of quarantine containment facilities which have been approved by the DEFRA Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate
(ii) inactivation of waste material during the research
(iii) destruction of all licensed material at the end of the research
(v) provision of access to DEFRA inspectors to conduct audit visits.
It has not yet been possible to retrieve information back to 1995 on licences issued under Article 30 and 30A of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as this information is available.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 30 January 2007, Official Report, column 285W, on domestic waste, which councils provide alternate weekly collections according to the most recent figures held by the Waste and Resources Action Programme. [130584]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Waste and Resources Action Programmes (WRAP) most recent list of local authorities (LAs) providing an alternate weekly waste collection (AWC) service is shown as follows.
Alnwick district council
Amber Valley
Ashfield district council
Ashford borough council
Aylesbury Vale district council
Babergh district council
Bassetlaw district council
Barnsley MBC
Berwick-upon-Tweed borough council
Blackburn with Darwen borough council
Blyth Valley borough council
Boston borough council
Braintree district council
Breckland district council
Bridgnorth district council
Broadland district council
Bromsgrove district council
Broxtowe borough council
Burnley borough council
Cambridge city council
Cannock Chase district council
Canterbury city council
Caradon district council
Carlisle city council
Carrock district council
Castle Morpeth borough council
Charnwood borough council
Cherwell district council
Chesterfield borough council
Chichester district council
Chorley borough council
Copeland borough council
Corby borough council
Crewe and Nantwich borough council
Dacorum borough council
Daventry district council
Derby city council
Derbyshire Dales district council
Derwentside district council
Dudley MBC
East Cambridgeshire district council
East Hampshire district council
East Lindsey district council
Eastleigh borough council
Ellesmere Port and Neston borough council
Erewash borough council
Exeter city council
Fenland district council
Forest Heath district council
Fylde borough council
Gedling borough council
Gosport borough council
Great Yarmouth borough council
Hambleton district council
Harborough district council
Hartlepool borough council
Harrow London borough
Havant borough council
Hinckley and Bosworth borough council
High Peak borough council
Huntingdonshire district council
Hyndburn borough council
Ipswich borough council
Kennet district council
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk borough council
Lancaster city council
Lichfield district council
Lincoln city council
Macclesfield borough council
Mansfield district council
Melton borough council
Mendip district council
Mid Bedfordshire district council
Mid Devon district council
Mid Suffolk district council
Mid Sussex district council
Mole valley district council
Newark and Sherwood district council
North Devon district council
North Kesteven district council
North Lincolnshire council
North Norfolk district council
North Shropshire district council
North West Leicestershire district council
Northampton borough council
Nottingham city council
Oswestry borough council
Oxford city council
Pendle borough council
Peterborough city council
Preston borough council
Purbeck district council
Redcar and Cleveland borough council
Redditch borough council
Richmondshire district council
Rochford district council
Rossendale borough council
Rushcliffe borough council
Ryedale district council
Shepway district council
South Buckinghamshire district council
South Cambridgeshire district council
South Derbyshire district council
South Gloucestershire council
South Hams district council
South Kesteven district council
South Lakeland district council
South Norfolk district council
South Northamptonshire council
South Ribble borough council
South Shropshire district council
South Somerset district council
South Staffordshire district council
Stafford borough council
St. Edmundsbury borough council
Staffordshire Moorlands district council
Swale borough council
Tamworth borough council
Taunton Deane borough council
Teignbridge district council
Telford and Wrekin borough council
Test Valley borough council
Tonbridge and Malling borough council
Torbay council
Tunbridge Wells borough council
Tynedale district council
Uttlesford district council
Vale Royal borough council
Wansbeck district council
Waveney district council
Waverley borough council
Wealden district council
Wellingborough borough council
West Lancashire district council
West Lindsey district council
West Somerset district council
West Wiltshire district council
Winchester city council
Wirral MBC
Woking borough council
Worcester city
Wycombe district council
Wyre Forest district council
York city council
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