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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY P.V.F. LE CLAIRE OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 21st OCTOBER 2008
Question
Can the Minister provide, for comparative purposes, updates to the answers tabled by his department on the 11th March 2008 in relation to composting costs for 2008?
Answer
For clarity the original question relating to composting costs was as follows:
In 2007 would the Minister advise –
(a ) h ow many litres of "Genuine Jersey" soil improver the department sold?
(b ) h ow much money was derived from these sales and to whom the money was disbursed?
(c ) h ow much profit or loss each litre of compost sold resulted in or attained?
(d ) w hat the total expenditure in 2007 for compost operations was, including machinery purchased? (e ) h ow these figures were derived?
O n re visiting these figures an error in the 2007 figure for compost products sold has been identified. To
rectify this for comparative purposes the correct 2007 and 2008 figures are presented below. It should be noted that the 2008 figures are to the end of September.
- During 2007 the Department sold 1,377,000 litres ofcompost products (SoilImprover & Mulch). The figure quoted in the previous answerwas403,000litres. It hasnow been discovered that this figure was factually incorrect. The error occurred due to a change to the recordingand accounting treatment forgreenwasteandwasnot identified when the original 2007answerwas drafted. The error is very much regretted, howeverthecosts were correct and when compared over a three year period, 2006, 2007and 2008 the cost of producing a litre of soil improverwas £0.29. £0.51 and £0.47 respectively.
At the end of September 2008 the Department had sold 1,157,200 litres of Compost products.
- The income generated from productsalesin2007was£46,423
Income until the end of September 2008 is £40,137. These funds are used to help offset the operational costs of running the Green Waste Composting site.
- This gives a netcostof51p per litre for2007and 47p per litre so far in 2008.
- The operationalcostsof running the green wastecomposting site in 2007 were£705,276.For the first 9 monthsof2008thefigureis£544,004.
- T he profit / loss figure is the operationalcostof the greenwastecomposting site dividedbythe quantity of compost products sold. The base financial figures are from the 2008 and 2007
accounting records and the quantity of products sold is from the Department's own records.