HC Deb 29 November 1990 vol 181 c486W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the annual tonnage of sludge dumping in Liverpool bay and the Bristol channel for each year since 1979.

Mr. Curry

The amounts of sewage sludge deposited each year from 1979 in Liverpool bay and the Bristol channel were as follows:

Thousand tonnes (wet weight)
Liverpool Bay Bristol Channel
1979 1,654 358
1980 1,760 393
1981 1,693 328
1982 1,642 320
1983 1,299 230
1984 1,283 305
1985 1,499 259
1986 1,541 257
1987 1,626 238
1988 1,629 273
1989 1,646 306