HC Deb 18 April 1989 vol 151 c125W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those operations for which sea disposal licences for the deposit or incineration of waste at sea have been granted under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The number of licences issued under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 for disposals in England and Wales is as follows:

1986 1987 1988
Marine incineration 20 13 15
Liquid industrial waste 26 20 18
Solid industrial waste 3 8 11
Sewage sludge 17 17 15
Dredged spoil 100 101 138

All licences are now issued on an annual basis; until 1988 some solid industrial waste disposals were covered by five-year licences. With the exception of the dredged spoil category virtually all licences issued were renewals of existing licences.

Details of licences issued are maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on a public register.

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