asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will investigate the possibility of encouraging the salvage and re-use of wood from buildings which are demolished instead of burning it.

I understand that the possibility of re-using wood from

			Needs Element		Domestic Element		Resources Element
Local Authority			1974–75	1975–76	1974–75	1975–76	1974–75
			£m.	£m.	£m.	£m.	£m.
South Yorkshire		…	—	—	—	—	—
Barnsley	…	…	10·777	11·961	1·181	1·627	11·626
Doncaster	…	…	15·425	17·541	1·666	2·325	12·045
Rotherham		…	13·080	14·138	1·402	1·952	10·480
Sheffield	…	…	29·193	31·949	3·522	4·861	16·825
West Yorkshire		…	—	—	—	—	—
Bradford	…	…	27·024	28·473	2·599	3·579	20·377
Calderdale	…	…	10·224	11·529	1·024	1·404	8·719
Kirklees	…	…	19·071	20·891	1·926	2·648	17·168
Leeds	…	…	38·698	41·101	4·805	6·673	21·604
Wakefield	…	…	14·805	16·316	1·723	2·388	14·273
Humberside	…	…	43·872	49·026	—	—	—
Beverley	…	…	—	—	0·904	1·289	2·666
Boothferry	…	…	—	—	0·322	0·433	2·257
Cleethorpes	…	…	—	—	0·474	0·665	1·437
Glanford	…	…	—	—	0·403	0·568	1·182
Grimsby	…	…	—	—	0·611	0·848	2·570
Holderness	…	…	—	—	0·298	0·418	1·255
Kingston-upon-Hull			—	—	1·580	2·178	10·751
North Wolds		…	—	—	0·451	0·638	2·616
Scunthorpe		…	—	—	0·479	0·662	—
North Yorkshire		…	37·425	35·744	—	—	—
Craven	…	…	—	—	0·292	0·405	1·504
Hambleton		…	—	—	0·517	0·733	2·253
Harrogate	…	…	—	—	1·052	1·475	3·178
Richmondshire		…	—	—	0·290	0·401	1·503
Ryedale	…	…	—	—	0·482	0·684	2·940
Scarborough		…	—	—	0·724	1·010	3·189
Selby	…	…	—	—	0·434	0·617	1·547
York	…	…	—	—	0·646	0·893	3·217

Both the domestic and resources elements for 1974–75 will be subject to adjustment when final details become available. This also applies to the needs element 1975–76.In the resources element 1975–76, amounts payable are not yet known, and I cannot add to the information given in the reply today to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Mr. Walker).