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Local authorities have duties to arrange for the collection and disposal of household waste. Clinical waste produced at domestic property is treated as household waste.<\/p>
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The Environment Agency produces and publishes maps showing areas at risk of flooding from rivers and sea, surface water and reservoirs in England. It reviews and updates these maps on a quarterly basis to ensure they are based on the most recent local mapping and modelling information.<\/p>
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To ensure new flood risk management schemes are included in the map updates as soon as possible, the Environment Agency has put in place changes to speed up the update process, together with a new Key Performance Indicator (introduced in October 2013) specifying that maps showing the risk of flooding from rivers and sea should be updated within six months of completion of a scheme.<\/p>
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Initial performance has been affected by the development and publication of new maps in December 2013 and by the winter floods, but significant efforts are being made to ensure that new defences will be taken into account more quickly in future.<\/p>
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Flood defences spend is recorded on the basis for Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) areas, rather than counties. The South West is covered by the Devon and Cornwall RFCC and the Wessex RFCC. RFCC and county boundaries do not align exactly. Wessex includes parts, or all, of Bournemouth Borough Council, Dorset County Council, Hampshire County Council, Poole Borough Council, Somerset County Council, Wiltshire Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council.<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> The total Defra flood and coastal erosion risk management grant in aid spent in each of the areas since 2010 is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Actual spend (£k)<\/p><\/td> Budget (£k)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall RFCC<\/p><\/td> 15,515<\/p><\/td> 16,828<\/p><\/td> 15,729<\/p><\/td> 16,330<\/p><\/td> 11,196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wessex RFCC<\/p><\/td> 28,368<\/p><\/td> 29,003<\/p><\/td> 20,540<\/p><\/td> 23,119<\/p><\/td> 21,061<\/p><\/td><\/tr> These figures include Environment Agency revenue funding and capital grants for Environment Agency, local authority and internal drainage board flood and coastal erosion risk management projects.<\/p> Environment Agency spend on national support costs are not included in the above figures.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48809/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> A new EU pet travel Regulation comes into effect on 29 December 2014 and introduces a number of measures which will strengthen enforcement regimes, in particular. For example, pets being prepared for travel after the 29 December 2014 will be issued with a new style pet passport that will be harder to forge or tamper with. New rules governing the movement of more than five pets will be introduced together with a new requirement for all EU countries to carry out some compliance checks on pets moving between EU member states. A 12 week minimum age for rabies vaccination will also be applied across the EU which will assist compliance checking and restrict the movement of very young animals. The fundamental requirements of the scheme (including microchip, rabies vaccination, pet passport and a waiting period) will remain the same and non-compliant animals will continue to be either placed into quarantine, re-exported or, as a measure of last resort, euthanased. Defra will continue to work closely with its operational partners to clamp down on the illegal puppy trade and prosecute those responsible.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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