§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the number of complaints regarding excessive noise made to local authorities in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryInformation is not available in the form requested. The Institution of Environmental Health Officers monitors the number of noise complaints received under the statutory nuisance procedures and records the number of remedies informally achieved or prosecutions carried out. This information appears in the "Digest of Environmental Protection and Water Statistics"—No. 13 of 1990—a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The statistics do not define "excessive noise".