To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines are currently produced by his Department to local authorities concerning the use of co-disposal, incineration or chemical treatment to deal with waste products.

The following guidelines have been produced:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many grant applications have been made by each local authority in Wales for the assessment of disused waste disposal sites for potential landfill gas generation and leachate problems.

None. No grant is available specifically for the purposes indicated.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to introduce guidelines to local authorities concerning the reduction of waste at source and the removal of recyclable material from the waste stream.

Guidance to local authorities on devising and implementing recycling strategies and on the preparation of waste disposal plans was issued in the form of waste management paper No. 28 in July 1991. A draft Welsh Office circular on the recycling credit provisions of section 52 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 together with appropriate draft regulations was sent to local authorities on 21 January in advance of the regulations coming into force on 1 April.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures are currently undertaken by his Department to ensure that all waste disposal sites in Wales are properly restored.

It is for local planning authorities to impose restoration conditions on planning permissions for waste disposal sites. Waste management paper No. 26 advised on the assessment, design, preparation, operation and restoration of such sites.