§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions prosecutions have been brought under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 in relation to river pollution; if he will list such occasions in date order and by court; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information held centrally for 1987, which may be incomplete, is given in the table. Provision of corresponding information for other years would involve disproportionate costs.
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Persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts in 1987 under Sections 31 and 32 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 England and Wales Number1 Avon and Somerset 12 Cambridgeshire 2 Cheshire 8 Cumbria 7 Derbyshire 3 Dorset 1 Durham 1 Gloucestershire 7 Greater Manchester 1 Hampshire 3 Humberside 7 Leicestershire 10 Lincolnshire 3 Merseyside 1 Norfolk 10 North Yorkshire 12 Northamptonshire 3 Shropshire 4
England and Wales Number1 Staffordshire 3 Suffolk 15 Surrey 2 Sussex 2 Warwickshire 2 West Midlands 1 West Yorkshire 6 Wiltshire 3 Dyfed-Powys 27 Gwent 3 North Wales 3 South Wales 5 England and Wales 167 1 The figures held centrally are approximate and may be incomplete; detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.