I CERTAINLY hope that York does not follow the lead suggested by Dillon Toyne in his letter "Dirty York clean up your act" and aim for the poor recycling levels achieved in Tower Hamlets.
Tower Hamlets recycled only 5.1 per cent of household rubbish in 2003/04 and 7.35 per cent in 2004/05. In the same years York achieved 12 per cent and 18 per cent respectively, and we expect to reach 23 per cent this year.
Similarly Mr Toyne refers to the cleanliness of the city. Yet he fails to comment on the level of funding received from central government to finance services including cleansing operations.
In 2005/06, Tower Hamlets received a revenue support grant of £310 million, for a population of 196,000. York received only £48 million, for a population of 181,000.
A resident in Tower Hamlets receives six times the grant awarded to a York resident. It is this imbalance that Liberal Democrat councillors are trying to combat through our Fair Deal For York campaign.
Mr Toyne would be wise to check all the details of his own authority, before making critical comparisons with others.
Coun Charles Hall,
Executive member for commercial services,
Oaken Grove,
York.
Updated: 11:09 Friday, January 13, 2006
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