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| Table 2: Waste reused/recycled by source in 1998-99 and 2002-03 | ||
| Million tonnes | ||
| 1998-99 | 2002-03 | |
| Sources: As for Table 1, a waste type breakdown is not available. Notes: 1. Recycling is defined as the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes including organic recycling but excluding energy recovery. This includes composting and household recycling. 2. Estimates for recycled wastes are based on that which is reported as being sent for recycling and will include exported wastes. 3. Most of the generated waste from mining and quarrying activities are replaced into the resulting void which is currently classified as deposit into land. Estimates for mining wastes may change in light of implementation of the Mining Waste Directive. 4. Sewage sludge is predominantly spread on land for agricultural purposes. 5. Dredging wastes are disposed of at sea. | ||
| Table 3: Waste reused/recycled in 2004 and 2006 | ||
| Million tonnes | ||
| 2004 | 2006 | |
| Sources: 1. Estimated from returns made by licensed waste operators to the Environment Agency, survey of exempt sites in 2006. 2. National Packaging Waste Database estimates derived from the National Waste Production Survey 2002-03 for 2004. 3. Survey of Alternatives to Primary Aggregates, Water UK. | ||
Seals
Alun Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage EU action to ban seal products from entering the EU. [233455]
Huw Irranca-Davies:
Commission proposals for a ban on the import of seal products into the EU were discussed for the first time by the Council of Ministers
on 20 October. We will work closely with the Council and other member states to ensure a workable ban is introduced as quickly as possible.
Sewers
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many miles of new sewers were built in each of the last 10 years. [231939]
Jane Kennedy: The following table shows how many miles of sewers were built as a result of new growth across the sewerage network by all the sewerage companies in England and Wales, in each of the last 10 years. This includes sewers built by developers and adopted by the sewerage companies
The table also shows how many miles of sewers, across the sewerage network have been replaced or renovated by all the sewerage companies in England and Wales, in each of the last 10 years. These figures are made up of critical and non critical, renovated and replaced sewers.
All figures relate to both gravity sewers and rising mains.
Ofwat holds this information in kilometres but the figures have been converted into miles.
| Miles | |||
| New sewers | Sewers | ||
| new growth | renovated | replaced | |
| (1) Figures do not include non critical sewer replacements or renovations as data were not collected for these years. Note: Conversion rate: 0.6214 mile per 1 km | |||
The figures do not include private sewers in England and Wales which are not the responsibility of water and sewerage companies.
Slaughterhouses
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what practical support his Department provides for small abattoirs. [232495]
Jane Kennedy [holding answer 3 November 2008]: I applaud the efforts of small abattoir owners in carving out for themselves high value niche markets based on locally produced good quality meat and meat products.
In support of these efforts DEFRA officials are actively engaged with the Food Standards Agency and Meat Hygiene Service in making sure that meat hygiene controls are proportionate to the risk and that meat hygiene charges, currently under review, do not disproportionately affect small abattoirs.
In addition DEFRA awarded a grant under the agricultural development scheme to the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) which is assisting them to develop an accredited quality assurance scheme for small and medium size abattoirs.
Veterinary Services
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on veterinary services by his Department in each of the last five years. [231913]
Jane Kennedy: DEFRA expenditure on veterinary services, including those services provided by the Animal Health Agency, Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Veterinary Medicines Directorate in each of the last five years was as follows:
| £ million | |
Warm Front Scheme
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which model of boiler has been most commonly specified for installation through Warm Front grants in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. [224907]
Joan Ruddock: I have been asked to reply.
The boiler most commonly installed through the Warm Front scheme in years 2006-07 and 2007-08 is the Ideal Isar HE, an automatically controlled, fanned flue, ‘A’ rated combination boiler.
Boiler manufacturers were invited to enter a competitive tender process managed by Plumb Centre and overseen by DEFRA as part of the 2005 Warm Front retender process. Of the tenders received DEFRA chose Ideal as the preferred first choice boiler for the scheme.
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for a Warm Front grant from residents of (a) Carshalton and Wallington constituency, (b) Greater London and (c) England were (i) received, (ii) accepted and (iii) declined in each year since 2000. [224966]
Joan Ruddock: I have been asked to reply.
Applications for Warm Front grants received, accepted and declined in each year since 2000 are shown in the following tables.
| (a) Carshalton and Wallington | |||
| Qualifying for assistance | Not qualifying for assistance | Total | |
| (b) Greater London | |||
| Qualifying for assistance | Not qualifying for assistance | Total | |
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