| Label | Content |
|---|---|
| Meeting: | Plenary on 13 November 2002 |
| Session name: | Plenary on 13/11/2002 between 10:00 and 13:00 |
| Question by: | Graham Tope |
| Organisation: | Liberal Democrats |
| Asked of: | John Duffy |
Question
Recycling Rates (Supplementary) [7]
Would you agree with me that probably the single greatest factor, and there are many factors, but the single greatest factor in what has determined up to now, what is a relatively high and a relatively low performing borough, is actually the political will to do so, and making it a political priority? And if you do agree, then what evidence and what monitoring are you doing to ensure that we get value for money from the significant sums of money now being put into traditionally low performing boroughs, who demonstrably have never made it a priority?
Answer
We have an implementation team that will actually look to make sure the money's spent. We have a DEFRA set of targets to actually audit targets. So we have to look at the money and how it's spent. I tend to agree with what you said earlier, that the boroughs who are doing well will have achieved it through political will at the beginning. But now, many other boroughs are catching up and that's what we're here to do to actually make sure other boroughs catch up.
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