Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Monday, 8 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2003. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 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, whether it is her policy that local authorities should be allowed to carry forward into the next financial year money allocated through the Waste Implementation Programme. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it is her policy that local authorities should be allowed to carry forward into the next financial year money allocated through the Waste Implementation Programme. [129405] Margaret Beckett: As announced on 4 July, £24 million of the funds available to the Waste Implementation Programme in this financial year will be allocated to local authorities through the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund. The current Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund is a discrete year fund and as such there is no automatic right to end of year flexibility for local authorities. If there are valid reasons that local authorities will not be able to complete their capital spend the Department can seek end-year flexibility.

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