Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Monday, 5 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 July 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Friday, 16 July 2004 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, if she will make a statement on the difference in the figures for the maximum amount of biodegradable municipal waste permitted to be sent to landfill in (a) 2010, (b) 2013 and (c) 2020 between the Final Regulatory Impact Assessment on The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 and the text of the Statutory Instrument The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004; what the maximum amount of biodegradable municipal waste permitted to be sent to landfill in (a) 2010, (b) 2013 and (c) 2020 will be. - Inc figures and fact that assessment on The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 has now been deposited in Library.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will make a statement on the difference in the figures for the maximum amount of biodegradable municipal waste permitted to be sent to landfill in (a) 2010, (b) 2013 and (c) 2020 between the Final Regulatory Impact Assessment on The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 and the text of the Statutory Instrument The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004; [182985] (2) what the maximum amount of biodegradable municipal waste permitted to be sent to landfill in (a) 2010, (b) 2013 and (c) 2020 will be. [182986] Mr. Morley: The maximum amount of biodegradable municipal waste allowed to be sent to landfill in the UK in 2010 is 13.7 million tonnes, decreasing to 9.13 million tonnes in 2013 and to 6.39 million tonnes in 2020. These figures are set out in The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004. Due to an administrative error by my Department, for which I apologise, the published Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Statutory Instrument was not the final version so contained indicative figures for the target years rather than the updated final figures. The correct version of the Final Regulatory Impact Assessment on The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 has now been deposited in the House of Commons Library.

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