Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 13 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated cost of removing chewing gum from streets was in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each local authority in each year since 1997.
Figures are available for the total cost of street cleansing at national and regional level. However, these figures are not broken down to include more detailed aspects such as chewing gum removal.
A recent survey by ENCAMS—the environmental charity which runs the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign—received 66 responses from local authorities on gum removal. The spending by these authorities on removing gum ranged from £0 to £200,000, with the average per authority at £12,792.
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