Question follow-through · 47229
Waste Disposal: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether costs incurred by neighbouring local authorities from assisting Birmingham City Council (BCC) with waste collection will be met by (a) BCC and (b) her Department.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether costs incurred by neighbouring local authorities from assisting Birmingham City Council (BCC) with waste collection will be met by (a) BCC and (b) her Department.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
This is a local issue and it is right that the response is led by the key public sector partners in Birmingham. We have been clear that if the local leaders on the ground in Birmingham feel tackling these issues goes beyond the resources available to them...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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