Correspondence with constituents and local officials regarding matters relating to housing, local government, and environmental protection where Blunkett has taken up the subject with the Department of the Environment (up to 1997); the Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions (DETR) (1997-2001); or the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (June 2001 onwards). Subjects include: council members' allowances, 1989; Environmental Protection Act in relation to the scrap metal industry, 1990 & 1993; funding for North Sheffield Housing Association, 1990; the Poll Tax for empty properties, 1990; Sheffield's unsuccessful 'City Challenge' bid, 1991; unsuccessful bid of the National Federation of Stadium Communities for funds from the Special Grants Programme, 1992; animal welfare and new official EC eco-label (campaign by the Body Shop), 1993; sixth amendment to the EU cosmetic directive relating to animal testing, 1997; quarantine regulations for guide dogs, 1997; coastal erosion at Withernsea, 1998; proposed relocation of the Health and Safety Executive Laboratories from Sheffield to Buxton, 1998-1999; proposed increase in rent for social housing in Sheffield, 2001; review of standard spending assessments for Sheffield City Council, 2002; cutbacks at the Health & Safety Executive, 2003; concern about quarrying in the Peak District National Park, 2006-2007; proposed change of status of some Yorkshire Water sewers from public to private ownership, 2006; and flooding in Sheffield, 2012. These files cover the period 1988-2008, plus one letter from 2012. See also 467/2 for correspondence with the Department of the Environment in Blunkett's role as Shadow Spokesperson for Local Government, 1988-1992