[holding answer 21 November 2006]: The information requested is set out in the following tables.
Percentage Region 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 North East 3.8 4.4 3.7 3.6 4.1 North West 4.9 5.4 6.0 6.9 7.5 Yorkshire and the Humber 3.7 5.1 6.0 6.8 7.3 East Midlands 6.5 7.2 8.6 10.5 13.1 West Midlands 5.4 6.3 6.9 8.8 9.1 East 9.3 10.5 11.9 14.1 15.2 London 6.0 7.0 7.6 9.0 9.0 South East 12.0 12.2 13.3 14.9 16.4 South West 12.4 12.3 13.6 13.7 14.9
Percentage Region 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 12005-06 North East 5.2 6.6 12.2 15.4 21.1 North West 9.2 11.3 14.2 19.2 23.8 Yorkshire and the Humber 8.9 11.2 14.5 18.6 21.8 East Midlands 13.7 15.1 19.3 26.3 31.8 West Midlands 10.2 13.0 15.7 19.9 25.1 East 17.4 19.4 23.4 29.8 34.1 London 9.3 10.9 13.3 17.6 20.7 South East 17.7 19.6 22.8 26.1 29.2 South West 16.6 18.6 21.4 26.6 31.4 1 Figures for 2005-06 are estimates and subject to change.
Further information is available on the DEFRA website at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/bulletin.htm.
[holding answer 21 November 2006]: The Greater Manchester waste private finance initiative (PFI) project is strategically important to the UK in terms of the sheer volume of municipal solid waste that will be managed, and the significant contribution it is projected to make in helping the UK meet EU landfill directive targets for the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste away from landfill. The project will commence in late 2007.
It is anticipated that the project will divert 8 per cent. of the total required tonnage in the target year 2020, based on the 2001-02 starting position. In recognition of the large proportion of biodegradable municipal waste the project is projected to divert, it has been allocated a comparatively large amount of PFI credits—£100 million—which is equivalent to £6.66 million per 100,000 tonnes of waste.