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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 2008-09; and what funding his Department provided to City of York local authority to increase recycling rates in each of those years.

The proportion of household waste collected in City of York which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is presented in the table below:

The proportion of all waste collected by City of York Council (household and non-household) which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is as follows:

These statistics are taken from data submitted by the Council.

Local authorities receive revenue support grant and council tax to fund waste collection and disposal. These funds are not ring-fenced. We have no record of funding to York City Council specifically to increase recycling rates over this period.