Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will publish its assessment of the necessary changes to local waste management plans which will result from removing the Lakeside Energy from Waste plant in Slough as part of the proposed Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme.

The Government recognises in the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) the role of the Lakeside Energy from Waste plant in local waste management plans. The draft Airports NPS requires any future applicant for development consent to have assessed the effects of removing the plant upon capacity for treatment of waste and to make reasonable endeavours to ensure that sufficient provision is made to address the reduction in waste treatment capacity caused by the loss of the plant.