To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who submitted the original complaint of anti-competitive behaviour against Redditch borough council to his Department and when; and if he will make a statement.

It is our policy not to reveal the identity of the originators of complaints about failures by local authorities to comply with the requirements of part I of the Local Government Act 1988. I can confirm, however, that my Department first wrote to Redditch borough council on the matter of the refuse and other cleansing contract in July 1990.