Thérèse Coffey corrected a written answer on Waste Management

20 November 2017 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dr David Drew (Labour, Stroud) asked written question 112673 on 13 November 2017. Dr Thérèse Coffey answered on 17 November 2017 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dr Thérèse Coffey corrected the answer on 20 November 2017. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 5100, 5775. Altogether 143 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association and individual local authorities on their progress on waste minimisation.

Original and corrected answer

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~~Surveys for black grouse are generally carried out at country level, but vary in frequency~~ and sampling methods. It is therefore not possible to provide estimates at the UK level for the last five years. The last comprehensive survey of the black grouse population was undertaken in 2005, which estimated there were approximately 5100 breeding pairs in Great Britain. In 2016 a formal estimate of the black grouse population in Great Britain was produced by several UK conservation bodies drawing on the data produced by country level surveys and using the International Union for Conservation of Nature methodology. The 2016 population of black grouse was estimated to be 5775 males (or breeding pairs).	I and Defra officials regularly meet with representatives of the Local Government Association and individual local authorities to discuss issues relating to household waste management. These discussions encompass actions taken across the entire waste hierarchy, including waste minimisation.

Original

Corrected

~~Surveys for black grouse are generally carried out at country level, but vary in frequency~~ and sampling methods. It is therefore not possible to provide estimates at the UK level for the last five years.
The last comprehensive survey of the black grouse population was undertaken in 2005, which estimated there were approximately 5100 breeding pairs in Great Britain.
In 2016 a formal estimate of the black grouse population in Great Britain was produced by several UK conservation bodies drawing on the data produced by country level surveys and using the International Union for Conservation of Nature methodology. The 2016 population of black grouse was estimated to be 5775 males (or breeding pairs).

I and Defra officials regularly meet with representatives of the Local Government Association and individual local authorities to discuss issues relating to household waste management. These discussions encompass actions taken across the entire waste hierarchy, including waste minimisation.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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