To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial support she has given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Environment Agency to meet capital costs of site investigation and associated clean up of contaminated land in each year since 1997. [117540]
The information requested is as follows.
| £ million | ||||||
| England | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
| Support given | ||||||
| to LAs | 13.7 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 1— |
| to EA | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1Not yet available | ||||||
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sites of contaminated land have been (a) investigated and (b) cleaned up under the auspices of (i) local authorities and (ii) the Environment Agency in each year since 1997. [117541]
Informatation is provided in the following tables. Table A shows data collected in respect of regulatory activity under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (contaminated land) which came into force in England on 1 April 2000.
| Table B—Number of LA and EA projects attracting capital support1 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
| LA investigations | 72 | 84 | 73 | 76 | 38 | 92 |
| LA remediation | 106 | 92 | 94 | 86 | 87 | 57 |
| EA investigations | 10 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 20 |
| EA remediation | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 1Projects may relate to the same site, or more than one site. Some projects may appear in more than one year. Figures are for successful bids | ||||||