HC Deb 17 January 1990 vol 165 cc255-6W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of times per year since 1979 that Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution officials have inspected each of the following waste disposal sites(a) Rechem Incinerator, Pontypool, (b) Leigh Interest, Stubbers Green, Walsall, (c) Leigh Interests, Lumshill quarry, Matlock and (d) Leigh Interests, Killamarsh, Sheffield.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 15 January 1990]Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution and its predecessors have inspected the Rechem incinerator at Pontypool at least 12 times in 1981 and in 1982 and between 15 and 18 times in each subsequent year. No inspections have been made of Lumshill quarry, Matlock by the inspectorate. The sites at Killamarsh and Walsall were inspected as follows:

Killamarsh Walsall
1981 23
1982 20
1983 8 1
1984 14
1985 30
1986 9 1
1987 13
Killamarsh Walsall
1988 39
1989 26 1