§ Lord Moranasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many prosecutions there have been and how many convictions have been secured, in (a) Scotland, and (b) each of the 10 water authority areas of England and Wales under Sections 22 and 32 of the Salmon Act 1986 since it came into force.
§ Baroness TrumpingtonI understand that, in Scotland, figures for prosecutions and conviction for these offences are not separately identifiable from the Scottish Home and Health Department's records. However, for England and Wales the information requested, as provided by the water authorities, is as follows: 713WA
Total Prosecutions Convictions secured Northumbrian 2 2 North West 10 10 South West 11 10 Welsh 26 17 To date, no prosecutions have been brought by the Anglian, Severn Trent, Southern, Wessex, or Yorkshire water authorities.