HC Deb 16 February 1987 vol 110 c416W
Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total number of water pollution incidents in respect of each of the 10 water authority regions in England and Wales for each of the last five years; and for each of the respective totals what is the number of incidents within the following categories according to the cause of the pollution incident (a) agriculture, (b) industry, (c) fish farms, (d) sewage and (e) other.

Mr. Waldegrave

The total number of reported water pollution incidents in each of the 10 water authority areas in England and Wales since 1981–82 are as follows:

Mr. Waldegrave

There is no typical nuclear site. The time required at each site will vary but will probably be no more than 150 and no less than 30 man days per review. Preliminary estimates suggest that provision for about 12 man years effort should be provided over the three-year period. The staffing complement of the inspectorate is kept under regular review and the effort required to review the authorisations has been taken into account. The last staffing review was held in October 1986 and authority to recruit additional inspectors has been given.

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