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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the strategic importance of the high temperature clinical water incinerator at Lakeside energy from waste plant on (1) national, and (2) regional, clinical waste management; and whether they have assessed the availability and accessibility of alternative facilities.

The Lakeside energy from waste facility is not strategic national infrastructure for waste, including medical waste, and therefore customers will be able to find alternative suppliers in the event the facility closes.