Written question asked by Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 16 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 June 2002. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 10 June 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value is of goods and materials recovered by her Department's value recovery team in the wake of foot and mouth; what has happened to these goods and materials; and what the total cost of this operation was. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total value is of goods and materials recovered by her Department's value recovery team in the wake of foot and mouth; what has happened to these goods and materials; and what the total cost of this operation was. [58064] Mr. Morley: Approximately £3,400,000 has been recovered to date by the value recovery team. Contracts have been terminated in the case of hirings and the goods returned to the suppliers. Items have been sold through the Government's Disposal Services Agency, by auction or by locally arranged sale according to Government guidelines. Other goods have been redeployed for official use within the Department. The total cost of the operation is currently being calculated.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 58064; 386 c922-3W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Contracts Disease control Foot and mouth disease Equipment Materials Repayments
Contains statistics: Yes
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