Written question asked by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 February 2009. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Friday, 6 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Waste and Resources Action Programme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, column 401W, on the Waste and Resources Action Programme, what assessment the Waste and Resources Action Programme has made of the effectiveness of using Chelgate to improve engagement outside its established stakeholder group;

Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) on 9 October 2008, to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst on 4 and 17 November 2008 and to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 19 November 2008.The requested data concerns the detailed operational activities of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), and is not therefore held by DEFRA. I understand that the chief executive of WRAP has offered to meet the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst to discuss any issues of concern to him, and I would encourage him to take up that offer.

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