HC Deb 01 July 1985 vol 82 c33W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of enforcements by Her Majesty's air pollution inspectorate of air pollution legislation in the years since 1979.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The number of enforcements by Her Majesty's industrial air pollution inspectorate of air pollution legislation for the years since 1979 are as follows:

Year Prosecutions Improvement notices
1979 7 —
1980 10 *17
1981 17 4
1982 20 4
1983 17 2
1984 1 1
Total 72 28
* Fourteen of these were for one registered works.

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