To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2007, Official Report, column 77W, on domestic waste, and the Answer of 30 April 2007, Official Report, column 1430W, on domestic waste: Norfolk, when he will publish an amended list of local authorities. (145346)

A revised list of local authorities known to be operating alternate weekly collections (AWC) of refuse and recyclables/organic waste is as follows:

Local authority

Alnwick District Council

Amber Valley

Ashfield District Council

Babergh District Council

Bassetlaw District Council

Barnsley MBC

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blyth Valley Borough Council

Boston Borough Council

Braintree District Council

Breckland District Council

Bridgnorth District Council

Broadland District Council

Bromsgrove District Council

Broxtowe Borough Council

Burnley Borough Council

Cambridge City Council

Cannock Chase District Council

Canterbury City Council

Carlisle City Council

Castle Morpeth Borough Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Cherwell District Council

Chesterfield Borough Council

Chichester District Council

Chiltern District Council¹

Chorley Borough Council

Copeland Borough Council

Corby Borough Council

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council

Dacorum Borough Council

Daventry District Council

Derby City Council

Derwentside District Council

East Hampshire District Council

East Lindsey District Council

Eastleigh Borough Council

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council

Erewash Borough Council

Exeter City Council

Fenland District Council

Forest Heath District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Gedling Borough Council

Gosport Borough Council

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Hambleton District Council

Harborough District Council

Hartlepool Borough Council

Havant Borough Council

Hertsmere Borough Council

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

High Peak Borough Council

Huntingdonshire District Council

Hyndburn Borough Council

Ipswich Borough Council

Kennet District Council

Kettering Borough Council

Lancaster City Council

Lichfield District Council

Lincoln City Council

London Borough of Harrow

Macclesfield Borough Council

Mansfield District Council

Melton Borough Council

Mendip District Council

Mid Bedfordshire District Council

Mid Devon District Council

Mid Suffolk District Council

Mole Valley District Council

Newark and Sherwood District Council

North Devon District Council

North Kesteven District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

North Norfolk District Council

North Shropshire District Council

North West Leicestershire District Council

Northampton Borough Council

Nottingham City Council

Oswestry Borough Council

Oxford City Council

Pendle Borough Council

Peterborough City Council

Preston Borough Council

Purbeck District Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Redditch Borough Council

Richmondshire District Council

Rochdale MBC²

Rossendale Borough Council

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Ryedale District Council

Shepway District Council

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Derbyshire District Council

South Gloucestershire Council

South Hams District Council

South Kesteven District Council

South Lakeland District Council

South Norfolk District Council

South Northamptonshire Council

South Ribble Borough Council

South Shropshire District Council

South Somerset District Council

South Staffordshire District Council

St. Edmundsbury Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council

Taunton Deane Borough Council

Teignbridge District Council

Telford and Wrekin Borough Council

Test Valley Borough Council

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Torbay Council

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Tynedale District Council

Uttlesford District Council

Vale Royal Borough Council

Wansbeck District Council

Waveney District Council

Waverley Borough Council

Wealden District Council

Wellingborough Borough Council

West Lancashire District Council

West Wiltshire District Council

Winchester City Council

Wirral MBC³

Woking Borough Council

Worcester City

Wycombe District Council

Wyre Borough Council

Wyre Forest District Council

York City Council

¹ Scheme not district-wide

² Phase one introduced summer 2006. Next three phases to be introduced July 2007 to February 2008

³ Roll out January 2007—scheme not borough wide

Some authorities listed provide AWC of refuse alongside a weekly recyclables and/or food waste collection service. This list represents the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) best understanding of the current situation. However, the often rapid changes in this area mean that this list might not be completely up to date.

WRAP has deleted from the list those authorities that had been incorrectly recorded as operating AWC schemes. Authorities operating small scale trials have also not been included, in order to avoid any confusion or potential misunderstanding if the authority has not yet agreed wider roll out of the scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2007, Official Report, column 77W, on domestic waste, what records the Waste and Resources Action Programme holds of local authorities intentions relating to the introduction of alternate weekly collections later in 2007. (145347)

Local authorities intending to introduce alternate weekly collections later in the year are under no obligation to inform the Waste and Resources Action Programme of this fact.