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Written question asked by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Friday, 4 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 December 2009. It was answered by Dan Norris (Labour) on Monday, 14 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Departmental Public Relations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what payments the Waste and Resources Action Programme has made to Fishburn Hedges in the last 12 months; for what purpose; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments were made.
Answer

Following a competitive tender, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) contracted Fishburn Hedges to develop and deliver communications support across five separate areas of work. This has included three highly successful nationwide consumer campaigns:"Recycle Now, which has delivered a step change in recycling by UK households resulting in more than two thirds of households recycling as a way of life.""Love Food Hate Waste, which has highlighted the problem of food waste and helped cut around 160,000 tonnes of food waste, and saved consumers more than £400 million a year, preventing 725,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases being emitted.""Home Composting Campaign, which has contributed to selling over two million compost bins in England and Scotland which are estimated to divert over 260,000 tonnes of organic waste each year."In addition, Fishburn Hedges provided support to pilot campaigns in 12 local authority areas to encourage the recycling of small waste electrical products, funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, as well as helping a WRAP programme promoting recycling to schools and their pupils.All the communications material generated for these campaigns is made freely available to local authorities, allowing them to reduce their costs.WRAP also used Fishburn Hedges to advise on how to raise awareness among senior local authority officers and elected members of the support on waste prevention and recycling services it offers.In the last 12 months (from 9 December 2008 to 8 December 2009) Fishburn Hedges was paid a total of £959,000 for this work.Fishburn Hedges was contracted by WRAP. The terms of the contract are subject to commercial confidentiality.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c647-8W; 305427
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Public relations WRAP
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk