§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what statistics on the causes of river pollution are available to him, with particular reference to instances of oil and chemical pollution, either from static storage facilities or from road transport accidents; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWhile total numbers of reported water pollution incidents in each water authority area are published annually, no detailed analysis by type of incident is available on an industry-wide basis. Such information can only be obtained from individual water authorities.
The Department is currently discussing with the industry how this sort of information might be made more readily available.