Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incinerators of anatomical and cytotoxic waste operate in the UK; what the volume of capacity of each incinerator is; and where each incinerator is located.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
These data are for England only - waste management is a devolved matter and the Devolved Administrations should be contacted for figures in those nations.
The table below gives a list of all of the incinerators in England that are permitted to dispose of anatomical and cytotoxic waste, their maximum permitted annual throughputs and location.
The actual capacity of each incinerator will vary from year to year according to the mixture of waste types it receives for disposal and the number of shutdowns that are needed for maintenance and repairs.
Permit number | Operator | Site | Site Address | Maximum permitted throughput (tonnes/year) |
WP3935SM | Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Addenbrooke's Hospital Incinerator | Addenbrookes Hospital | 4500 |
YP3934SM | Peake (GB) Ltd | Peake (GB) Ltd | Peake GB Ltd | 5241 |
GP3236AX | Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust | Derriford Incinerator EPR/GP3236AX/T001 | Derriford Hospital | 4270 |
EP3530XY | SRCL Ltd | Ipswich Waste to Energy Facility | Ipswich Waste to Energy Facility | 8500 |
ZP3230XC | SRCL Limited | Oldham Clinical Waste Incinerator | Royal Oldham Hospital | 7884 |
ZP3730XJ | SRCL Limited | Bolton Clinical Waste Incinerator | Royal Bolton Hospital | 6570 |
BT2866IG | Grundon Waste Management Ltd | GRUNDON INCINERATOR COLNBROOK | Lakeside Clinical Waste Incinerator | 10000 |
LP3037UU | SRCL Ltd | Hillingdon Clinical Waste Incinerator | The Incinerator | 8000 |
JP3133XP | SRCL Ltd | Sidcup Waste to Energy Facility | Queen Mary's Hospital | 8000 |
HP3230XA | SRCL Ltd | Ashford Clinical Incinerator | William Harvey Hospital | 8500 |
VP3130EF | SRCL Limited | Avonmouth Clinical Waste Incinerator | Avonmouth Clinical Waste Incinerator | 6570 |
PP3530XK | SRCL Ltd | Bournemouth Waste To Energy Facility | The Incinerator Complex, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset | 8000 |
CP3930XL | SRCL Ltd | Knostrop Clinical Waste Incinerator | Knostrop Treatment Works | 17000 |
VP3136ZD | Tradebe Healthcare National Limited | Redditch Clinical Waste Treatment Facility | The Incinerator, Alexandra Hospital | 10000 |
WP3239SJ | Veolia ES Birmingham Limited | Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant | Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd | 5250 |
BS5193IE | Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Limited | Ellesmere Port Incinerator | BRIDGES ROAD | 100000 |
UP3034CN | Augean Treatment Ltd | East Kent Waste Recovery Facility EPR/UP3034CN/V003 | East Kent Waste Recovery Facility | 13140 |
FP3935KL | Tradebe Fawley Limited | Tradebe Fawley HTI EPR/FP3935KL/V005 | Tradebe Fawley Limited | 45000 |
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the role of the high temperature incinerator at the Lakeside Energy from Waste facility in the disposal of waste from the Salisbury novichok incident demonstrates that that facility is of national strategic significance in the context of the Airports National Policy Statement; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
This Government welcomes the support from the operators Grundon at the high temperature incinerator at Lakeside which is being used for the safe disposal of waste produced by decontamination work following the Salisbury incident. The facility is one of several high temperature incinerators in the UK capable of incinerating large quantities of such waste. The Government therefore does not consider the status of the plant to have changed from that described in the Airports National Policy Statement.
Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that the Lakeside Energy from Waste plant is replaced with facilities of at least the same capacity as now.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The Government used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset and the loss of the capacity can be absorbed. Therefore there is neither a statutory nor a policy reason to mandate replacement of the plant. Nevertheless, the Government understands that Heathrow Airport Limited is currently working with the owners to re-provision the plant.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of how long the relocation of Lakeside Energy from Waste will take in the event of a third runway being constructed at Heathrow Airport.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government has not undertaken a separate assessment of how long it would take to relocate the plant because relocation is not necessary from a statutory or policy perspective. However if relocation was to take place, the Airports Commission estimated that the process may take five years.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has identified waste disposal facilities in south-east England with like-for-like spare capacity to deal with the closure of Lakeside Energy from Waste in the event of a third runway being constructed at Heathrow.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government has not sought to identify specific like for like energy from waste facilities to manage the loss of the Lakeside plant. DEFRA’s assessment used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 92 of Government’s response to the Transport Committee’s report, Airports National Policy Statement, published on 23 March 2018, HC 548, whether that accounts for hazardous waste separately to other categories of waste.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government has no plans to make any further assessments of the removal of the Lakeside Energy from Waste plant. The proposed Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) at para 5.142 makes clear that the effects of removing the plant will require assessment by an applicant for Development Consent. The proposed Airports NPS also sets out the requirements on an applicant for the management of the waste generated by the development.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the page 92 of the Government’s response to the Transport Committee’s report, Airports National Policy Statement, published on 23 March 2018, HC 548, what plans he has to make an assessment of the removal of the Lakeside energy from waste plant upon capacity for treatment of waste to be carried out by Heathrow Airports Ltd under the Airports National Policy Statement.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government has no plans to make any further assessments of the removal of the Lakeside Energy from Waste plant. The proposed Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) at para 5.142 makes clear that the effects of removing the plant will require assessment by an applicant for Development Consent. The proposed Airports NPS also sets out the requirements on an applicant for the management of the waste generated by the development.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 1.113 of the Government Response to the Transport Committee Report on the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement, HC 548. what the evidential basis was for his Department's statement that there is sufficient waste management capacity to absorb any Lakeside loss.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
DEFRA used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset and its loss would not affect the UK’s ability to meet environmental targets e.g. diversion from landfill. Therefore there is neither a statutory nor a policy reason to mandate replacement of the plant in the proposed Airports National Policy Statement.
The Lakeside energy from waste High Temperature Incinerator (HTI) mainly treats clinical waste. In the South East and London Regions (which includes the Lakeside facility) there are three HTIs (including Lakeside) with permitted capacity of 68kt. However, in 2016 only 57kt of waste was treated in total at these facilities and 5kt (or 9% of the total capacity) at Lakeside. The clinical waste burned at Lakeside does not have to be dealt with by an HTI. There are six clinical waste plants in the South East and London Regions (including Lakeside) therefore the loss of the clinical waste tonnage at Lakeside could be met by other facilities.
Asked by: Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which waste disposal facilities with High Temperature Incinerators his Department has assessed as having enough spare capacity to deal with the loss of Lakeside Energy from Waste in the event of the construction of a third runway at Heathrow.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
DEFRA used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset and its loss would not affect the UK’s ability to meet environmental targets e.g. diversion from landfill. Therefore there is neither a statutory nor a policy reason to mandate replacement of the plant in the proposed Airports National Policy Statement.
The Lakeside energy from waste High Temperature Incinerator (HTI) mainly treats clinical waste. In the South East and London Regions (which includes the Lakeside facility) there are three HTIs (including Lakeside) with permitted capacity of 68kt. However, in 2016 only 57kt of waste was treated in total at these facilities and 5kt (or 9% of the total capacity) at Lakeside. The clinical waste burned at Lakeside does not have to be dealt with by an HTI. There are six clinical waste plants in the South East and London Regions (including Lakeside) therefore the loss of the clinical waste tonnage at Lakeside could be met by other facilities.
Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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.