Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 17 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 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 progress has been made by the delivery team set up by her Department in May on the implementation of the sustainable waste delivery programme. - Including figures and ref to Waste Not, Want Not.

Answer: Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made by the delivery team set up by her Department in May on the implementation of the sustainable waste delivery programme. [139951] Mr. Morley: The Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) was established in May 2003 on the recommendation of the Strategy Unit Report `Waste Not, Want Not', with funding committed until financial year 2005-06. The Programme Director has been in post since June 2003. An external Steering Committee has been set-up, and its first two quarterly meetings have now taken place. Its five sub-programmes (Local Authority Support; Local Authority Funding; New Technologies; Data; Research) are now in place and have each produced impact trajectories and detailed delivery plans. The programme has already distributed £140 million to Local Authorities for the delivery of 258 projects, and seven PFI schemes have been approved.

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