HC Deb 02 March 1993 vol 220 c73W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for depositing litter were brought in England and Wales during 1992.

Mr. Jack

In England and Wales in 1991, there were 1,450 prosecutions under the Litter Act 1983, section 1(3), and 223 prosecutions for depositing litter under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Information for 1992 will not be available until autumn 1993.