To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of opencast coal planning applications by British Coal that have been refused by the mineral planning authorities, and appeals that have been lodged by his Department; and if he will indicate for each case (a) the date of the refusal, (b) the date of the appeal, (c) the date that the inspector submitted his report to the Secretary of State, (d) the date when he announced his decision and (e) whether the appeal was granted or refused.

Information on applications refused by mineral planning authorities is not held centrally. Information on appeals to the Secretary of State which have not been subsequently withdrawn is as follows:

No. Under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 each authority will be required to prepare a waste disposal plan and to send a copy to the Secretary of State.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of planning applications for a landfill waste disposal site that he has called in for his own determination during the past 10 years.

None has been called in during the past 10 years.