To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding will be allocated for waste management infrastructure and waste management initiatives in addition to the waste management grant paid to local councils for 2007-08. (101337)

In addition to the waste management grant allocations for 2007-08, the Department of Environment is setting up a programme delivery support unit to advise the councils' waste management groups on their major infrastructure procurement projects.

The Department is also preparing a strategic business case to establish the options for central Government funding to local government for waste management as part of the CSR 2007 process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding was earmarked in the Central Spending Review for (a) waste management infrastructure and (b) waste management initiatives from 2008 onwards. (101338)

The Department of Environment is currently preparing a Strategic Business Case to establish the options for central Government funding to local government for waste management as part of the CSR 2007 process.

Decisions on allocations for 2008-09 and beyond will be taken as part of next year's Budget and Priorities process and published in the draft Budget in the autumn of 2007.