Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 May 2004. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 May 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, how much Government funding was available in each of the past three years to the Tidy Britain campaign. - Inc table.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much Government funding was available in each of the past three years to the Tidy Britain campaign. [168809] Alun Michael: Government funding was provided to Encams (formerly Tidy Britain Group) as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Thousand 2001-02 3,762 2002-03 14,597 2003-04 3,574 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Defra allocated an additional 1 million to local authorities through ENCAMS for the Local Environmental Quality Pathfinder Programme that forged partnerships between local authorities and the local community. Some of the projects developed reduced fast food litter, railway land litter and schools litter.

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