Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2007. It was answered by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Domestic Wastes: Waste Disposal

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list the research, including opinion research and polling, which his Department has (a) undertaken in-house and (b) commissioned from external sources in relation to charging for the collection of household rubbish.

Answer: (a) No research has been undertaken in-house.(b) DEFRA commissioned the following research:The '2007 Survey of Public Attitudes and Behaviours' towards the environment, undertaken by the British Market Research Bureau, which included a section on ““attitudes to recycling”” and sought views on whether individuals would ““favour a system that rewarded them if they recycled everything they could and penalised them if they didn't””. 52 per cent. of residents were in favour of this statement with 24 per cent. disagreeing or strongly disagreeing.In addition, Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd. produced a report for DEFRA on the project 'Modelling the Impact of Household Charging for Waste in England.'

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