Written question asked by Andrew Mackinlay (Labour) on Friday, 13 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 January 2002. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Monday, 14 January 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 assessment has been made of the contamination caused to allotments and home garden food produce in the vicinity of the Cleanaway site at South Ockendon from the fly-ash deposited there over the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement; what assessment the Environment Agency has made in respect of the fly-ash tipped at the Cleanaway site in South Ockendon during the past 20 years of the options of (a) continued burial in its existing deposit and (b) relocation and disposal; and if he will make a statement; what information the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Health and Safety Executive have collated on the impact and likelihood of fly ash dumped at the Cleanaway South Ockendon site over the past 20 years escaping air borne, from this vicinity to nearby residential areas; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 18 July 2001).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 378 c114-5W;378 c112-3W; 4861;4860;4862
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Air pollution Allotments Health hazards Hazardous substances Landfill Waste disposal Cleanaway
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk