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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for the future funding of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for the future funding of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
Asked by
Lisa Nandy
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 January 2011
For answer on
2 February 2011
Answered on
7 February 2011
The environmental charity, Keep Britain Tidy, is DEFRA's delivery partner on litter and local environmental quality issues. Details of the Government's continued grant to Keep Britain Tidy for the spending review period can be found on the DEFRA website at:"http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/about/what/documents/defra-alb-allocations-101220.pdf"
Subjects
ENCAMS
Date
7 February 2011
Reference
38053; 523 c1-2W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has provided for Keep Britain Tidy in the last three years; and how much funding he plans to provide in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has provided for Keep Britain Tidy in the last three years; and how much funding he plans to provide in 2009-10.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 October 2009
For answer on
21 October 2009
Answered on
26 October 2009
The following table shows DEFRA's grant to Keep Britain Tidy in the current year and in the previous three years:
| £ million | |
| 2006-07 | 5 |
| 2007-08 | 4.6 |
| 2008-09 | 5 |
| 2009-10 | 5 |
| Source: DEFRA |
Subjects
Finance; ENCAMS
Date
26 October 2009
Reference
498 c50W;498 c47-8W; 294997
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has given to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has given to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Lord Herbert of South Downs
(Conservative)
Answered by
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2009
For answer on
6 March 2009
Answered on
9 March 2009
[holding answer 6 March 2009]: The following table shows the grant funding to ENCAMS (also known as Keep Britain Tidy) over the last five years. As well as campaigning on litter, ENCAMS provides research and technical advice to Government.
| £ million | |
| 2008-09 | 5.0 |
| 2007-08 | 4.6 |
| 2006-07 | 5.1 |
| 2005-06 | 5.5 |
| 2004-05 | 3.9 |
Subjects
Finance; ENCAMS
Date
9 March 2009
Reference
489 c7W; 261362
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Subjects
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Waste management; Waste disposal; British Retail Consortium; Campaign to Protect Rural England; British Soft Drinks Association; ENCAMS; Kennedy, Jane
Commons Library location
CS 850
Date
24 November 2008
Reference
HC 1100-iv 2007-08
House
House of Commons
(2) what performance indicators his Department and its predecessors have used to assess the impact of publicly-funded environmental communications campaigns since 1997; if he will publish the performance of each such campaign as measured by such indicators; and if he will make a statement.
(2) what performance indicators his Department and its predecessors have used to assess the impact of publicly-funded environmental communications campaigns since 1997; if he will publish the performance of each such campaign as measured by such indicators; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Martin Horwood
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Ian Pearson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 January 2007
For answer on
24 January 2007
Answered on
8 March 2007
DEFRA was created in June 2001. Since then, DEFRA has funded various environmental campaigns through the core department, NDPBs and its key delivery partners.DEFRA—Climate Change Communications InitiativeClimate Challenge FundDEFRA has not yet completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Climate Challenge Fund projects which are part of the Climate Change Communications Initiative. We are funding 83 projects that commenced work in July 2006 and are due to run until February 2008. Plans are being made to assess the effectiveness of the projects and this will be made available in the summer of 2008. Each of the projects has been provided with a list of standardised statements to use when assessing their own project’s effectiveness and they will have the opportunity to attend a workshop to assist them on the evaluation of changing attitudes to climate change.Film and brochureThe two-minute film ““Tomorrow’s Climate, Today’s Challenge””, developed as part of the campaign and accompanied by the brochure ““Your Guide to Communicating Climate Change””, has been downloaded approximately 40,000 times and distributed another 6,000 times. It has also been shown as a free ‘filler’ on 10 television channels and accrued £5.5 million worth of airtime since December 2005.WebsiteThe website www.climatechallenge.gov.uk created as the central collateral resource for the Climate Change Communications Initiative has received an average of 120,000 page views per month.DEFRA—Every Action CountsThe Every Action Counts campaign was launched in October 2006 and is a community engagement campaign that encourages voluntary sector organisations to make an active contribution to securing a more sustainable future. The initiative is designed to help local community groups, clubs and societies take action together to help protect the environment and improve quality of life.Every Action Counts is part of a three-year campaign and there will be ongoing evaluation on a yearly basis throughout this time. As the campaign is currently in its first year, some early evaluation results are available and are listed as follows:"25 national third sector organisations are taking part in the initiative to develop their own sustainable development action plans.""320 community workers have already been trained in sustainable development so that they can engage with local groups on environmental action.""240 community groups/organisations have registered on the Every Action Counts website with the aim of taking part in environmental action on a local level.""From 19 October 2006 to 7 February 2007, the website has had just over one million hits."Every Action Counts has a three-year independent evaluation study to look at the effectiveness of the initiative. The first report should be available in April 2007.Environment AgencyThe Environment Agency runs two main environmental campaigns: World Environment day and Flood Awareness. World Environment day is assessed by monitoring the number of pledges made and the growth in pledges year on year. The Environment Agency also conducts an environmental benefits assessment based on the assumption that people will carry out their pledges.Market Research on Flood awareness has been carried out since 1997 to measure the general awareness of flood risk regarding the Agency’s role in managing flooding and the behaviours of those at risk in either preparing for or following flooding.The Minister of State (Climate Change and the Environment) meets with the Environment Agency regularly to review its overall performance.Energy Saving TrustSince 2004-05, EST has quantified the carbon impact of its consumer campaigns to promote energy saving. These have resulted in carbon savings, for each financial year, of the order of 125,000 tonnes of carbon p.a. These complement other channels of communicating with consumers, including EST’s advice network, hotline and website.The main metric of campaign effectiveness is policy cost-effectiveness—Government expenditure per tonne of carbon saved (£/tC). Overall, EST’s activities targeting consumers are highly cost-effective, with a policy cost of around £5 per lifetime tonne of carbon saved. This is consistent with the analysis of the work of the Energy Saving Trust in the Climate Change Programme Review.ENCAMSEach year ENCAMS run different campaigns, agreed with the local environment quality team in DEFRA based on priority issues that come through from the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England. In 2006-07 the following campaigns were implemented:"Fast Food Related Litter—Have some Pride Campaign (June 2006);""Nuisance Noise Campaign—July 2006""Fast Food Related Litter—August 2006—Rats Campaign; and""Fast Food Related Litter—December 2006—Night Time Economy"ENCAMS works closely with partnership authorities to measure the impact of its campaigns in their areas. With the help of ENCAMS, partner councils define specific hotspot sites, clean them, monitor build up of the particular litter type and repeat this process over a measured period. Monitoring usually takes place two weeks before the campaign starts, two weeks during the campaign period and then a month following the end of the campaign. The detailed information collected enables ENCAMS to assess the success of its campaigns.ENCAMS also undertakes market research to assess the impact of messages and its likelihood to influence behaviour, and the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England assesses the overall national picture; and uses a corporate ‘scorecard’ to assess the success of its campaigns.The Carbon TrustThe Carbon Trust reports to DEFRA on performance and activity to meet key company objectives each quarter. This reporting information includes identified and implemented carbon savings, number of registrations to the company website, and annual survey results of FTSE Board, FTSE non-Board, mid-sized companies and SMEs’ receptiveness to the Carbon Trust.EnvirowiseEnvirowise offers business a range of free services, including: a telephone helpline and website; best practice guides and case studies; free on-site waste review visits; and workshops.Independent assessments of Envirowise’s impact on UK business have been regularly undertaken since the programme’s formation. These assessments measure the level of savings, both financial and in terms of various waste streams, that have been achieved from the programme’s encouragement of waste minimisation and resource efficient practices. Types of waste streams measured include water, effluent, raw materials and solid waste.The programme has, since its inception in 1994, helped business make over £1.3 billion in cumulative savings while at the same time reducing business waste to landfill by 8.5 million tonnes.Waste and Resources Action ProgrammeThe Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) conducts recycling communications campaigns at local and national level. Its national campaign is called ““Recycle Now””.WRAP’s Business Plan for 2004-06, which was developed in consultation with DEFRA, set targets for its national and local communications activities. These are given as follows, alongside the performance achieved for each.
WRAP’s local communications campaigns partially achieved their target. Not all of the funded local authorities achieved an increase in participation, but on average, the results were good.In its 2006-08 Business Plan, WRAP has set a target of increasing the number of committed recyclers by a further 10 per cent. WRAP is currently on track to meet this target. Overall performance against the target will be published in WRAP’s 2007-08 Achievements Report, with WRAP’s 2006-07 Achievements Report providing an update on progress towards the target.WRAP and DEFRA have together reviewed the value for money of the Recycle Now campaign. The campaign work undertaken to raise public awareness of recycling and bring about behavioural change will have impacts over the next few years in terms of messages being sustained by the public and creating better value for money in future recycling campaigns targeted at a more receptive public. The current levels of expenditure represent £0.51 between 2004-06 per household for the national Recycle Now campaign which is within the range of costs reported by other EU member states for similar campaigns.The Recycle Now campaign marketing materials achieve high public recognition and have been taken up by the majority of English local authorities, as well as several major retailers on packs and in store.An independent survey carried out by marketing groups has shown that the Recycle Now television adverts generate very strong public recognition and, therefore, compare favourably to successful commercial advertisements with significantly larger budgets.
| Percentage | ||
| Activity | Target 2004-06 | Performance 2004-06 |
| National Recycle Now Campaign | ||
| Increase the number of committed recyclers (that is, those who regard recycling as important, those who recycle even if it requires additional effort, and who recycle a lot or everything that they can) | +10 | +12 |
| Local Authority Run Campaigns | ||
| Increase the participation in recycling through the funding of local authority programmes: | ||
| New recycling schemes | 10 to 50 | 74 |
| Improved recycling schemes | 10 to 50 | From 45 to 65 |
| Pure communication activities | 10 to 50 | From 59 to 64 |
Subjects
ENCAMS
Date
8 March 2007
Reference
457 c2190-4W;457 c2176-80W; 111268
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of environmental campaigns funded by his Department; and if he will place in the Library copies of such assessments;
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of environmental campaigns funded by his Department; and if he will place in the Library copies of such assessments;
Asked by
Martin Horwood
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Ian Pearson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 January 2007
For answer on
24 January 2007
Answered on
8 March 2007
DEFRA was created in June 2001. Since then, DEFRA has funded various environmental campaigns through the core department, NDPBs and its key delivery partners.DEFRA—Climate Change Communications InitiativeClimate Challenge FundDEFRA has not yet completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Climate Challenge Fund projects which are part of the Climate Change Communications Initiative. We are funding 83 projects that commenced work in July 2006 and are due to run until February 2008. Plans are being made to assess the effectiveness of the projects and this will be made available in the summer of 2008. Each of the projects has been provided with a list of standardised statements to use when assessing their own project’s effectiveness and they will have the opportunity to attend a workshop to assist them on the evaluation of changing attitudes to climate change.Film and brochureThe two-minute film ““Tomorrow’s Climate, Today’s Challenge””, developed as part of the campaign and accompanied by the brochure ““Your Guide to Communicating Climate Change””, has been downloaded approximately 40,000 times and distributed another 6,000 times. It has also been shown as a free ‘filler’ on 10 television channels and accrued £5.5 million worth of airtime since December 2005.WebsiteThe website www.climatechallenge.gov.uk created as the central collateral resource for the Climate Change Communications Initiative has received an average of 120,000 page views per month.DEFRA—Every Action CountsThe Every Action Counts campaign was launched in October 2006 and is a community engagement campaign that encourages voluntary sector organisations to make an active contribution to securing a more sustainable future. The initiative is designed to help local community groups, clubs and societies take action together to help protect the environment and improve quality of life.Every Action Counts is part of a three-year campaign and there will be ongoing evaluation on a yearly basis throughout this time. As the campaign is currently in its first year, some early evaluation results are available and are listed as follows:"25 national third sector organisations are taking part in the initiative to develop their own sustainable development action plans.""320 community workers have already been trained in sustainable development so that they can engage with local groups on environmental action.""240 community groups/organisations have registered on the Every Action Counts website with the aim of taking part in environmental action on a local level.""From 19 October 2006 to 7 February 2007, the website has had just over one million hits."Every Action Counts has a three-year independent evaluation study to look at the effectiveness of the initiative. The first report should be available in April 2007.Environment AgencyThe Environment Agency runs two main environmental campaigns: World Environment day and Flood Awareness. World Environment day is assessed by monitoring the number of pledges made and the growth in pledges year on year. The Environment Agency also conducts an environmental benefits assessment based on the assumption that people will carry out their pledges.Market Research on Flood awareness has been carried out since 1997 to measure the general awareness of flood risk regarding the Agency’s role in managing flooding and the behaviours of those at risk in either preparing for or following flooding.The Minister of State (Climate Change and the Environment) meets with the Environment Agency regularly to review its overall performance.Energy Saving TrustSince 2004-05, EST has quantified the carbon impact of its consumer campaigns to promote energy saving. These have resulted in carbon savings, for each financial year, of the order of 125,000 tonnes of carbon p.a. These complement other channels of communicating with consumers, including EST’s advice network, hotline and website.The main metric of campaign effectiveness is policy cost-effectiveness—Government expenditure per tonne of carbon saved (£/tC). Overall, EST’s activities targeting consumers are highly cost-effective, with a policy cost of around £5 per lifetime tonne of carbon saved. This is consistent with the analysis of the work of the Energy Saving Trust in the Climate Change Programme Review.ENCAMSEach year ENCAMS run different campaigns, agreed with the local environment quality team in DEFRA based on priority issues that come through from the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England. In 2006-07 the following campaigns were implemented:"Fast Food Related Litter—Have some Pride Campaign (June 2006);""Nuisance Noise Campaign—July 2006""Fast Food Related Litter—August 2006—Rats Campaign; and""Fast Food Related Litter—December 2006—Night Time Economy"ENCAMS works closely with partnership authorities to measure the impact of its campaigns in their areas. With the help of ENCAMS, partner councils define specific hotspot sites, clean them, monitor build up of the particular litter type and repeat this process over a measured period. Monitoring usually takes place two weeks before the campaign starts, two weeks during the campaign period and then a month following the end of the campaign. The detailed information collected enables ENCAMS to assess the success of its campaigns.ENCAMS also undertakes market research to assess the impact of messages and its likelihood to influence behaviour, and the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England assesses the overall national picture; and uses a corporate ‘scorecard’ to assess the success of its campaigns.The Carbon TrustThe Carbon Trust reports to DEFRA on performance and activity to meet key company objectives each quarter. This reporting information includes identified and implemented carbon savings, number of registrations to the company website, and annual survey results of FTSE Board, FTSE non-Board, mid-sized companies and SMEs’ receptiveness to the Carbon Trust.EnvirowiseEnvirowise offers business a range of free services, including: a telephone helpline and website; best practice guides and case studies; free on-site waste review visits; and workshops.Independent assessments of Envirowise’s impact on UK business have been regularly undertaken since the programme’s formation. These assessments measure the level of savings, both financial and in terms of various waste streams, that have been achieved from the programme’s encouragement of waste minimisation and resource efficient practices. Types of waste streams measured include water, effluent, raw materials and solid waste.The programme has, since its inception in 1994, helped business make over £1.3 billion in cumulative savings while at the same time reducing business waste to landfill by 8.5 million tonnes.Waste and Resources Action ProgrammeThe Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) conducts recycling communications campaigns at local and national level. Its national campaign is called ““Recycle Now””.WRAP’s Business Plan for 2004-06, which was developed in consultation with DEFRA, set targets for its national and local communications activities. These are given as follows, alongside the performance achieved for each.
WRAP’s local communications campaigns partially achieved their target. Not all of the funded local authorities achieved an increase in participation, but on average, the results were good.In its 2006-08 Business Plan, WRAP has set a target of increasing the number of committed recyclers by a further 10 per cent. WRAP is currently on track to meet this target. Overall performance against the target will be published in WRAP’s 2007-08 Achievements Report, with WRAP’s 2006-07 Achievements Report providing an update on progress towards the target.WRAP and DEFRA have together reviewed the value for money of the Recycle Now campaign. The campaign work undertaken to raise public awareness of recycling and bring about behavioural change will have impacts over the next few years in terms of messages being sustained by the public and creating better value for money in future recycling campaigns targeted at a more receptive public. The current levels of expenditure represent £0.51 between 2004-06 per household for the national Recycle Now campaign which is within the range of costs reported by other EU member states for similar campaigns.The Recycle Now campaign marketing materials achieve high public recognition and have been taken up by the majority of English local authorities, as well as several major retailers on packs and in store.An independent survey carried out by marketing groups has shown that the Recycle Now television adverts generate very strong public recognition and, therefore, compare favourably to successful commercial advertisements with significantly larger budgets.
| Percentage | ||
| Activity | Target 2004-06 | Performance 2004-06 |
| National Recycle Now Campaign | ||
| Increase the number of committed recyclers (that is, those who regard recycling as important, those who recycle even if it requires additional effort, and who recycle a lot or everything that they can) | +10 | +12 |
| Local Authority Run Campaigns | ||
| Increase the participation in recycling through the funding of local authority programmes: | ||
| New recycling schemes | 10 to 50 | 74 |
| Improved recycling schemes | 10 to 50 | From 45 to 65 |
| Pure communication activities | 10 to 50 | From 59 to 64 |
Subjects
ENCAMS
Date
8 March 2007
Reference
111267; 457 c2190-4W;457 c2176-80W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding her Department has provided to ENCAMS in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding her Department has provided to ENCAMS in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Ashok Kumar
(Labour)
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 March 2006
For answer on
8 March 2006
Answered on
13 March 2006
Government have provided ENCAMS with funding since 1997 as detailed in the following table.
| £000 | |
| 1997–98 | 3,997 |
| 1998–99 | 3,697 |
| 1999–2000 | 3,762 |
| 2000–01 | 3,542 |
| 2001–02 | 3,762 |
| 2002–03 | 4,597 |
| 2003–04 | 3,574 |
| 2004–05 | 4,542 |
| 2005–06 | 5,542 |
| (3) 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. |
Subjects
Finance; ENCAMS
Date
13 March 2006
Reference
57056; 443 c1853-4W;443 c1853-4W
House
House of Commons
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.
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.
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 April 2004
For answer on
18 May 2004
Answered on
18 May 2004
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.
Subjects
Finance; ENCAMS
Date
18 May 2004
Reference
168809; 421 c827W
House
House of Commons
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 Government programmes (a) to stop people littering and polluting, (b) to promote energy efficiency and (c) to cut traffic pollution. - Inc tables.
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 Government programmes (a) to stop people littering and polluting, (b) to promote energy efficiency and (c) to cut traffic pollution. - Inc tables.
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 April 2004
For answer on
10 May 2004
Answered on
10 May 2004
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 Government programmes (a) to stop people littering and polluting, (b) to promote
energy efficiency and (c) to cut traffic pollution. [168808]
Alun Michael: (a) Defra funding is provided to ENCAMS (formerly Tidy Britain Group) annually. Funding over the last three
years is as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
2001-02 3,762,000
2002-03 4,597,0001
2003-04 3,574,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
This funding supports ENCAMS work on a range of local environmental quality issues, including programmes to discourage littering.
In addition ENCAMS is able to undertake additional work funded by or undertaken jointly with local government or other government
departments and agencies.
(b) Defra currently provides grants to aid energy efficiency through four main routes.
1. The Carbon Trust--to support and promote energy efficiency and low carbon innovation for business and public sector
2. The Energy Saving Trust--to support and promote energy efficiency in the domestic sector.
3. The Community Energy programme--capital and development funding to refurbish existing and install new community heating schemes.
4. The Warm Front programme--to provide energy efficiency measures to the vulnerable.
1 Defra allocated an additional 1m 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.
The funding made available by Defra and its predecessors to support and promote efficiency measures in the last three years
(including the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust) is of the scale set out as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
2001-02 256,000,000
2002-03 225,000,000
2003-04 1243,000,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1 Budget
(c) Government currently provides funding through the Transport Energy Powershift and CleanUp programmes, which are
administered by the Energy Saving Trust. Powershift provides grants towards the purchase of cleaner and more efficient alternatively
fuelled vehicles e.g. LPG, natural gas and hybrid vehicles. CleanUp provides grants towards the cost of purchasing exhaust treatment
systems which reduce NOx and Particulate emissions. Both programmes contribute to reducing traffic pollution and were allocated the
following Government funding.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
CleanUp £
2001-02 7,400,000
2002-03 8,300,000
2003-04 12,900,000
Powershift £
2001-02 5,400,000
2002-03 2,200,000
2003-04 7,000,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Note: These figures refer to grant spend and do not include management and Administration costs.
Subjects
Conservation; Finance; Environment protection; Expenditure; Energy; Exhaust emissions; Litter; Pollution control; ENCAMS
Date
10 May 2004
Reference
421 c20-1W; 168808
House
House of Commons
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 (a) Energy Saving Trust and (b) Going for Green charity. - Inc tables.
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 (a) Energy Saving Trust and (b) Going for Green charity. - Inc tables.
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 April 2004
For answer on
6 May 2004
Answered on
6 May 2004
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 (a) Energy Saving Trust and (b) Going for Green charity. [168811]
Mr. Morley: The information requested is in the tables.
(a) Energy Saving Trust funding made available by the department over the last three years is as follows.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£ million
2001-02 24.3
2002-03 23.4
2003-04 24.6 (Budget)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Figures for 2002-03 and 2003-04 include funding for the Housing Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme.
(b) Government funding is provided to the environmental charity ENCAMS annually. The funding supports ENCAMS' work on a range
of local environmental quality issues, including the Tidy Britain Group and Going for Green.
Funding over the last three years is as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
2001-02 3,762,000
2002-03 14,597,000
2003-04 3,574,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
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.
Subjects
Finance; Energy Saving Trust; ENCAMS; Going for Green
Date
6 May 2004
Reference
420 c1659-60W;420 c1660-1W; 168811
House
House of Commons
What funding was provided for Tidy Britain in 2000-01; 2001-02, 2002-03; and 2003-04. [HL 2494]. - Including table.
What funding was provided for Tidy Britain in 2000-01; 2001-02, 2002-03; and 2003-04. [HL 2494]. - Including table.
Asked by
Baroness Byford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Whitty
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
6 May 2004
Answered on
6 May 2004
Subjects
Finance; ENCAMS
Date
6 May 2004
Reference
HL 2494; 660 c135WA
House
House of Lords
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Environmental Audit Committee
Subjects
Environment protection; Fly-tipping; Graffiti; Litter; Noise; Vandalism; Anti-social Behaviour Unit; ENCAMS
Commons Library location
CS 242
Date
11 March 2004
Reference
HC 445-i 2003/04
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many jobs are dependent on the eco-schools programme in England. - Includes no figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many jobs are dependent on the eco-schools programme in England. - Includes no figures.
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 June 2003
For answer on
13 June 2003
Answered on
13 June 2003
Mr. David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many jobs are dependent on the Eco
Schools programme in England. [118693]
Alun Michael: Defra funds the environmental charity EnCams, which is the parent organisation of the Tidy Britain Group, for work on
litter, waste and local community initiatives in England. The Eco Schools initiative is a European Environmental award scheme funded
by SITA Environmental Trust. The work of EnCams in this field has been welcomed by Ministers at Defra, as well as DfES but is in
addition to the work that we fund. I understand that the work is currently undertaken by a central team but that EnCams may devolve
the work to its regional teams in future.
Subjects
Curriculum; Charities; Environment protection; Environment; Publicity; Staff; Ecology; ENCAMS; Eco schools programme
Date
13 June 2003
Reference
118693; 406 c1086W;406 c1088W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department makes to distribute information on sustainable development to eco-schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department makes to distribute information on sustainable development to eco-schools in England.
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 June 2003
For answer on
13 June 2003
Answered on
13 June 2003
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements her Department makes to
distribute information on sustainable development to Eco Schools in England. [118694]
Alun Michael: Officials from the Department and DfES are regularly in contact with EnCams Ltd, the environmental charity that runs
the Eco Schools programme in England, about a range of sustainable development information that may be suitable for specific
programmes. Any decision about what information to distribute to schools that participate in the Eco Schools programme is a matter
for EnCams.
Subjects
Curriculum; Charities; Environment protection; Environment; Publicity; Sustainable development; Ecology; ENCAMS; Eco schools programme
Date
13 June 2003
Reference
118694; 406 c1086W;406 c1088-9W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial grant her Department has given to ENCAMS for its eco-schools programme in each year since 1997. - Includes fact that Defra does not provide EnCams Ltd with a specific grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial grant her Department has given to ENCAMS for its eco-schools programme in each year since 1997. - Includes fact that Defra does not provide EnCams Ltd with a specific grant.
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 June 2003
For answer on
13 June 2003
Answered on
13 June 2003
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much financial grant her Department has given
to EnCams for its Eco Schools programme in each year since 1997. [118692]
Alun Michael: Defra does not provide EnCams Ltd. with a specific grant for its Eco Schools programme, which is funded by SITA
Environmental Trust. Annual grant to EnCams from Defra incorporates a funding element for management and administration costs. This
enables EnCams to deliver on a wider range of campaigns and programmes, including its Eco Schools programme. Management and
administration costs include salaries and employers' costs for EnCams staff, conference and workshop costs, and office costs.
Subjects
Curriculum; Charities; Finance; Environment protection; Environment; Publicity; Ecology; ENCAMS; Eco schools programme
Date
13 June 2003
Reference
118692; 406 c1086W;406 c1088W
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Subjects
Groundwork UK; Urban areas; McDonalds Restaurants; ENCAMS; Wrigley
Date
7 May 2003
Reference
HC 673-i 2002/03
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what costings have been done to assess whether a similar campaign to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign would be (a) timely and (b) prudent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what costings have been done to assess whether a similar campaign to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign would be (a) timely and (b) prudent.
Asked by
Peter L Pike
(Labour)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 December 2002
For answer on
11 December 2002
Answered on
11 December 2002
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what costings have been done to assess whether a
similar campaign to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign would be (a) timely and (b) prudent. [86020]
Alun Michael: ENCAMS will play an important role in supporting the Government's agenda of improving the local environment and
people's quality of life by running high-profile campaigns each year based around Local Environmental Quality and Litter issues.
Campaigns planned for 2003 include a focus on fly- tipping, car litter, fly-posting and youth litter and these initiatives are in
effect a continuation of the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign year on year.
I met the director of ENCAMS, Alan Woods (Environmental Campaigns which is the current name of the Tidy Britain Group) today to
discuss the organisation's work which is focussed on making a real difference at a local level, which is where we need to influence
public attitudes and behaviour.
In parallel to the Government's policy to make a significant impact on the antisocial behaviour, litter, graffiti and noise which
spoils the quality of lives in so many places, ENCAMS has developed tools which help their local authority partners to target real
local problems. These include a set of posters to challenge people who allow their dogs to foul local parks. Evaluation has shown
that a significant improvement has been achieved in areas where these havebeen used as part of a local campaign. We are encouraging
ENCAMS to spread information about successful local campaigns so that lessons learned can help to improve the quality of life for
people in other areas too. This fits with efforts by ministers in DEFRA, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Home Office to
give a high profile to tackling quality of life issues nationally while promoting action at the local level in conjunction with the
Local Government Associate and other partners.
Joanne Whitaker, ENCAMS5 Director for the North West Region, would be more than happy to meet the hon.Member to talk about the
future of local litter campaigns and programmes. More details of ENCAMS campaigns as well as promotional material can be obtained
via their website: http://www.encams.org.
Subjects
Environment protection; Litter; Publicity; ENCAMS
Date
11 December 2002
Reference
86020; 396 c316-7W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what performance targets have been set for ENCAMS for waste awareness as a condition of funding. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what performance targets have been set for ENCAMS for waste awareness as a condition of funding. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Michael Meacher
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 March 2001
For answer on
28 March 2001
Answered on
28 March 2001
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what performance targets have been set
for Encams for waste awareness as a condition of funding. [155763]
Mr. Meacher: Encams' flagship waste awareness initiative is the Waste Theme Month that it co-ordinates each October. This year DETR
grant of £30,000 funded its entire costs: promotional activity that included leaflets, newspapers, a theme month pack and a national
seminar, all of which Encams evaluated through a questionnaire. The programme met all three targets set for it in the 2000-01
Corporate Plan agreed with DETR Ministers, which were:
(i) to increase the action generated by 10 per cent. on that for the previous year;
(ii) to distribute information to 500 organisations; and
(iii) to have 25 per cent. of evaluation questionnaires returned.
Waste and litter awareness and action feature across a range of Encams grant funded activities, notably the Just Bin It campaign
(formerly called National Spring Clean), and People and Places programme and the Seaside Awards. We are currently negotiating a
Corporate Plan with Encams Ltd. which will set out performance targets for all their 2001-02 grant-aided work, including work to
promote waste awareness. When we agree this Plan later in the year I will deposit a copy in the Libraries of the House.
Subjects
Finance; Environment protection; Publicity; Standards; ENCAMS
Date
28 March 2001
Reference
155763; 365 c637-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the forthcoming reviews of Environmental Campaign Ltd and the Environmental Action Fund. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the forthcoming reviews of Environmental Campaign Ltd and the Environmental Action Fund. - Including figures.
Asked by
Ian Pearson
(Labour)
Answered by
Michael Meacher
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 October 2000
For answer on
26 October 2000
Answered on
26 October 2000
Mr. Pearson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement about the
forthcoming reviews of Environmental Campaign Ltd and the Environmental Action Fund. [135686]
Mr. Meacher: As part of the Government's programme of regular five-yearly financial, management and policy reviews of
non-departmental public bodies and bodies similar to them, my Department has initiated a thorough review of Encams, the umbrella
body through which we fund the Tidy Britain Group and Going for Green. The review will consider the case for continuing DETR funding
of Encams' work programme in England, and whether Encams is the most appropriate body to carry out the functions funded by DETR. If
appropriate it will then consider what changes may be necessary to the current strategic and financial relationship between the
Department and Encams, to improve the value for money of any future funding. The review will be carried out by my Department's In
House Policy Consultancy, which will consult widely with those organisations having an interest in Encams' activities.
We have also set in hand a review of the Environmental Action Fund (EAF) which will consider the effectiveness with which the £4
million per year of the EAF is spent on promoting sustainable living in England, examine the aims, terms, conditions and
administration of these financial resources and, if appropriate, make recommendations for change to make sure that these resources
are targeted most effectively. The review will be carried out by Quadrangle Consulting, who will consult widely with organisations
having an interest in the work of the Fund.
I aim to ensure that any uncertainty caused by these reviews is kept to a minimum and I have asked both the In House Policy
Consultancy and the EAF review team to report early in 2001.
Subjects
Finance; Voluntary organisations; Sustainable development; ENCAMS
Date
26 October 2000
Reference
355 c176W; 135686
House
House of Commons
SI 1998/1001 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 23 April 1998, article 3, and 24 April 1998 for the remainder.
SI 1998/1001 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 23 April 1998, article 3, and 24 April 1998 for the remainder.
Department
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Statutory instruments
Procedure
Negative
Laid on
8 April 1998
Made on
7 April 1998
Coming into force
Article 3 on 23 April 1998 and the remainder on 24 April 1998
Legislation
Environmental Protection Act 1990; Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 3) Order 1998
Subjects
Central government; Environment protection; Grants; ENCAMS
Commons Library location
UP 1692 1997/98
Date
8 April 1998
Reference
SI 1998/1001
House
House of Commons; House of Lords