To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial cost was incurred by local authorities that rejected waste management planning applications which were subsequently accepted at appeal in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06. (119077)

I have been asked to reply.

Information on the costs incurred by local authorities on applications which are subsequently determined on appeal is not held by the Department.