What awards under the Strategic Waste Fund have been made to each local authority since the fund was established.

Argyll and Bute Council was awarded funding from the Strategic Waste Fund (SWF) of £1.1 million in 2001-02 and £1.65 million per annum for 2002-03 to 2026 to support the council's Public Private Partnership integrated waste management project. I have this week awarded funding totalling almost £110 million from the Strategic Waste Fund has been announced for eight councils to radically improve recycling and waste management.1. A total of £45 million is awarded jointly to the Forth Valley group over the next 17 years, £31.3 million to Stirling Council, £5.7 million to Clackmannanshire Council, £8 million to Falkirk Council. This will enable the councils to implement their joint integrated waste management system.2. A total of £62 million is awarded to Aberdeenshire Council over the next 17 years. This will enable the council to implement its plan to manage the municipal solid waste generated in Aberdeenshire.3. A total of £2,442,300 is awarded to four other councils in the present financial year to allow them to begin implementing integrated waste plans. Further assessments are being undertaken to consider longer term aspects of these councils' plans. The allocation of funds is as follows:Aberdeenshire Council
- £700,000 to undertake improvements to current composting facilities, build additional municipal refuse collection banks and start an education and information programme.Stirling Council
- £167,000 to start the staged implementation of its composting scheme.Clackmannanshire Council
- £105,000 to upgrade its Civic Amenity Sites and to provide extra staffing as well as to undertake improvements in their composting facilities.Falkirk Council
- £35,000 to undertake improvements in its composting facilities with an additional £70,000 being awarded to Falkirk Council, on behalf of the Forth Valley group, for a joint education and awareness programme.West Lothian Council
- £1,286,650 to purchase new wheelie bins for separate household collection of materials for recycling and composting and to set up a telephone hotline to support the introduction of these new services. The council will also undertake work on improvements to civic amenity sites and an education and awareness programme.North Lanarkshire
- £355,650 to start the staged implementation of a kerbside collection scheme for recycled materials.South Lanarkshire
- £380,000 to develop land for a new Recycling Facility.East Renfrewshire
- £420,000 to purchase two new recycling collection vehicles, new recycling bins and to upgrade a civic amenity site.I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33265 on 29 January 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.