To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 826W, on waste management, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the stakeholder group. (274340)

The minutes of each meeting of the Waste Stakeholder Group have been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Waste Strategy in reducing levels of waste; and if he will make a statement. (274929)

The Waste Strategy Annual Progress Report 2007-08 provides an assessment of the impact of the waste strategy, including on waste arisings and waste sent to landfill. It was published on 10 July 2008, and can be downloaded from the DEFRA website:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/strategy/strategy 07/index.htm

The next Annual Progress Report update on the impact of the Waste Strategy for England 2007 is due to be published later this year. This will be available via the same web link.