HC Deb 30 June 1989 vol 155 c565W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were(a) charged and (b) convicted of litter offences in 1987 and 1988;

(2) how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of litter offences in the Basildon area in 1987 and 1988.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is in the table.

Information for 1988 is not yet available.

Persons proceeded against or convicted of litter offences: England and Wales 1987
England and Wales 1 Billericay
Prosecutions for litter offences 1,888 2
Total found guilty 1,694 2
1 Data is not collected centrally for Basildon alone but for the whole of the Billericay petty sessional division.