Question reference: S1W-23475
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 25 February 2002
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Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 March 2002
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it plans to allocate to local authorities in respect of refrigerator recycling.
Answer
In my reply to Parliamentary Question S1O-04233 on 6 December, I confirmed that the Executive will provide additional funding to Scottish local authorities to assist them with costs arising from the new regulations on the disposal of fridges, freezers and other domestic appliances containing ozone depleting substances. I can now confirm that the Executive has allocated £1.69 million for 2001-02 to assist with these additional costs. This funding will be allocated to local authorities as set out in the following table:
| Local Authority | Allocation |
| Aberdeen City | £69,697 |
| Aberdeenshire | £74,962 |
| Angus | £36,022 |
| Argyll & Bute | £29,295 |
| Clackmannanshire | £15,990 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | £48,105 |
| Dundee City | £47,085 |
| East Ayrshire | £39,802 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £36,547 |
| East Lothian | £30,120 |
| East Renfrewshire | £29,625 |
| Edinburgh City | £149,602 |
| Eilean Siar | £8,970 |
| Falkirk | £47,617 |
| Fife | £115,612 |
| Glasgow City | £201,052 |
| Highland | £68,827 |
| Inverclyde | £27,915 |
| Midlothian | £27,120 |
| Moray | £28,027 |
| North Ayrshire | £45,810 |
| North Lanarkshire | £108,097 |
| Orkney Islands | £6,427 |
| Perth & Kinross | £44,085 |
| Renfrewshire. | £58,387 |
| Scottish Borders | £35,272 |
| Shetland Islands | £7,402 |
| South Ayrshire | £37,590 |
| South Lanarkshire | £101,422 |
| Stirling | £28,117 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £31,215 |
| West Lothian | £51,697 |
Distribution of the grant takes into account the estimated number of appliances arising in each local authority area as estimated in the Executive's reply to parliamentary question S1W-19533 on 13 November 2001, and is based on an amount of £30 per appliance. I intend that the grant will be payable to authorities under a new Financial Assistance Order which is due to come into force on 26 March 2002. I am also aware that authorities will have to meet additional costs in 2002-03. I can therefore announce that the Executive will continue to provide additional assistance but, as for this year, I shall wish to review the costs to the authorities, bearing in mind developments in the storage and treatment market. In particular, I would expect the costs of storage and treatment to reduce substantially as treatment capacity expands and, I would hope, becomes available more locally, providing increased investment and employment opportunities. I shall announce the actual level of support for next year at a later date.