To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue collected under the landfill tax was (a) allocated and (b) disbursed to (i) the Waste and Resources Action Programme and (ii) other programmes designed to increase recycling in each of the last 10 years for which records exist. (147128)

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) obtains Government funding under both the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme (BREW) and DEFRA’s Waste Implementation Programme (WIP).

WIP received funding when the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme, funded from Landfill Tax receipts, was reformed in 2003. Of this, £16 million in 2003-04, £35 million in 2004-05 and £50 million in 2005-06 was spent on WRAP.

Landfill Tax receipts also fund BREW, which is being used to return £284 million to business over the current spending review period (2005-08). BREW is providing an additional £23 million to WRAP over this period.