§ 70. Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many temporary relaxations in sewage works discharge consents have been allowed within the past 12 months.
§ Mr. HowardThis information is not at present held centrally. Details of applications made and consents granted under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 are held on each water authority's register although in the past the consents may not always have included details of any time limits which had been agreed. Current practice is however, that any time limits which apply to consent conditions are specified as part of the consent and therefore included on the register.