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Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice his Department offers to owners of domestic animals on the risk of tuberculosis transmission from wildlife in areas where there is a high incidence of bovine tuberculosis. [275803]
Jane Kennedy: DEFRA advises owners of domestic animals (i.e. cats and dogs) who suspect their animals may have been infected or may be at risk of becoming infected with TB to contact their private veterinary surgeon for advice in the first instance.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons the Waste and Resources Action Programme plans to end its support for subsidised composting bins for householders; on what date such support will end; and what estimate has been made of the average change in the cost to a householder of a compost bin as a result. [275761]
Jane Kennedy: The Waste and Resources Action Programme's (WRAP's) home composting campaign used central funding to subsidise the sale of home composting bins for five years. In that time two million home compost bins were sold and 40 per cent. of households with gardens are now home composting. It is estimated that, as a result of WRAP'S programme, more than 300,000 tonnes of organic waste have been diverted from the waste stream each year, resulting in significant waste management and disposal cost savings.
Having demonstrated the benefits of promoting home composting, it was appropriate for local authorities to decide how home composting should fit within their waste strategies and for them to take responsibility for deciding on a suitable level of subsidy. WRAP stopped subsidising compost bins at the end of March 2009. As a result, the full cost of bins to consumers rose by an average of £8, except where the local authority decided to offer its own subsidy. A total of 37 waste disposal authorities are currently offering varying degrees of subsidy. WRAP will continue to promote home composting to the public and provide practical advice and support as part of a wider waste reduction programme.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. [274215]
Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA provides a shared IT training service to a number of agencies and the spending of DEFRA will include the spending on IT training by those agencies on a consolidated accounting basis.
IT training for DEFRA can be separated into two distinct areas:
1. Regular spending on IT training for staff. This includes such activities as maintaining hardware and training new staff members in the use of the DEFRA systems. The overall spending on IT during the years 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 is contained in the Resource Accounts. The annual reports are available at:
and are in the Library. Providing more specific information on regular IT spend in earlier years can be done only at disproportionate cost.
2. Project spending on IT training for staff. IT projects that will require trained staff will include the cost of that training within their budgets. Information on the costs of training alone or on the costs of IT work between 2004-08 are available only at disproportionate cost.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with reference to the answers to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 30 April 2008, Official Report, column 467W, and to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) of 9 October 2008, Official Report, column 754W, on waste management: domestic wastes, if he will publish an updated table of the local authorities which operate residual household waste collections with a frequency of less than once a week, including those operating or planning to operate pilot schemes with that frequency; [270136]
(2) which local authorities operate residual household waste collections with a frequency of less than once a week, including those operating or planning to operate pilot schemes with that frequency. [275780]
Jane Kennedy: The Waste and Resources Action programme has provided the following list of local authorities operating residual household waste collections with a frequency of less than once a week, including pilot schemes. This represents WRAP'S best understanding but the situation can change rapidly.
Alnwick District Council
Amber Valley Borough Council
Ashfield District Council
Babergh District Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Bassetlaw District Council
Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council
Blackpool Borough Council
Blyth Valley Borough Council
Boston Borough Council
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Braintree District Council
Breckland District Council
Bridgnorth District Council
Bristol City Council
Broadland District Council
Bromsgrove District Council
Broxtowe Borough Council
Burnley Borough Council
Cambridge City Council
Cannock Chase District Council
Canterbury City Council
Carlisle City Council
Castle Morpeth Borough Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Cherwell District Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
Chichester District Council
Chiltern 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
Derwentside District Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
East Hampshire District Council
East Lindsey District Council
Eastleigh Borough Council
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council
Epping Forest District Council
Erewash Borough Council
Exeter City Council
Fareham Borough Council
Fenland District Council
Forest Heath District Council
Fylde Borough Council
Gedling Borough Council
Gosport Borough Council
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Guildford Borough Council
Hambleton District Council
Harborough District Council
Harrow London Borough Council
Hart District Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Hastings Borough Council
Havant Borough Council
Hertsmere Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Huntingdonshire District Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council
Kennet District Council
Kettering Borough Council
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Lancaster City Council
Lichfield District Council
Lincoln City Council
London Borough of Bexley
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 East Derbyshire District Council
North Hertfordshire 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
Norwich City Council
Nottingham City Council
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Oswestry Borough Council
Oxford City Council
Pendle Borough Council
Peterborough City Council
Preston City Council
Purbeck District Council
Reading Borough Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Redditch Borough Council
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Rochford District Council
Rossendale Borough Council
Rother District Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Rushmoor Borough Council
Ryedale District Council
Scarborough Borough Council
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Shepway District Council
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council
South Bedfordshire 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
Spelthorne Borough Council
St. Edmundsbury Borough Council
Stafford Borough Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Suffolk Coastal District Council
Swale Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council
Tamworth Borough Council
Taunton Deane Borough Council
Teignbridge District Council
Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
Test Valley Borough Council
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