HC Deb 10 January 1989 vol 144 c559W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate expenditure on student awards as a percentage of the Northern Ireland gross domestic product for the past five years.

Dr. Mawhinney

[holding answer 22 December 1988]: Students awards are made up from mandatory and discretionary awards paid by education and library boards

Slurry Water Act (NI) 1972 Silage Water Act (NI) 1972
Year Number of Incidents Prosecutions Successful Prosecutions Warning Letters Number of Incidents Prosecutions Successful Prosecutions Warning Letters
1980 355 10 10 232 3 3
1981 321 10 10 125 2
1982 326 5 5 135
1983 357 2 420 48 43 14
1984 443 3 2 17 157 2 2 16
1985 513 6 6 12 418 13 13 28
1986 393 14 14 7 283 32 32 26
1987 467 17 15 8 479 90 88 43
1988 331 9 9 3 158 9

The figures show the action taken by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland for those cases referred to it for consideration for prosecution under the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. Figures for 1988 incidents are based on returns for the first two quarters.