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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

David Maclean: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial assistance her Department is making available to (a) Cumbria County Council, (b) Allerdale District, (c) Carlisle City Council and (d) Eden District Council to assist with meeting recycling targets. [209461] Mr. Morley: The main source of funding for the above councils is through the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services (EPCS) block of annual Government grant. It is for the local authorities to decide what proportion of the block is invested in waste management services including recycling. In 2003-4 the Carlisle/Eden Partnership were awarded £1,155,035 from the National Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund. In the same year Allerdale Borough Council received £424,665. Allerdale Borough Council received a further £597,116 from the fund in 2004-5. To relieve spending pressures in the waste area authorities received the following amounts in 2004-05: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Cumbria County Council: 20,866 Allerdale Borough Council: 19,367 Carlisle City Council: 39,153 Eden District Council: 13,947 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In 2004-05, Cumbria County Council received 143,361 in direct consultancy support through Defra's Waste Implementation Programme to undertake a county wide waste composition analysis. In the same year, Allerdale District Council received £18,275 to review their strategic planning for waste management, and Eden District Council received £12,800 for work looking at preventing commercial waste from entering its domestic waste stream. The Government has also announced a three-year targeted local authority Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant totalling £260 million A full list of the allocation to each authority in England in 2005-06 has been published. As part of this allocation authorities will receive the following amounts: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Cumbria County Council: 210,178.14 Allerdale Borough Council: 29,375.43 Carlisle City Council: 32,344.53 Eden District Council: 15,997.07 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

209461; 429 c850-1W;429 c854-5W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Cumbria Finance Government assistance Recycling Waste disposal Waste Carlisle Allerdale Eden

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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