Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Waste Infrastructure PFI Grant FY2020/21.

The Waste Infrastructure PFI Grant for 2020/21 continued to support local authorities with their provision of modern, efficient waste management facilities, enabling England to meet its 2020 landfill diversion targets. The long-term waste PFI grants were a major contributing factor to our delivery against these targets, acting as a catalyst to invigorate the waste infrastructure market.