Central Laboratory Facility (CLF) Rationalisations have produced considerable savings in:

REDUCED
Sampling Officer time & travel

REDUCED
Local Authority administration

NO
Transfer Station Officer time & travel

NO
Collating Officer time and travel

NO
Carrier cost

The annual cost of the SERMG contract has remained fixed since 1992/1993 and will remain so. This will represent a price-pegging over ten years and therefore an effective reduction in the costs of the service.