§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by local waste authorities over the past three years.
§ Mr. MacleanI have been asked to reply.
Statistics relating to prosecutions undertaken by waste regulation authorities cannot be identified centrally.
The table shows the number of non-police prosecutions and convictions under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
Number of non-police prosecutions for certain sections under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and the Control of Pollution Act 1974,1991–1993 England and Wales 1991 1992 1993 Act/Section Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section: 33(8) — — 13 8 45 36 33(9) 3 3 1 — 1l 10 34 — — 14 9 57 43 38(10) — — — — 1 1 38(11) — — — — — — 44 — — 6 4 — — 57 1 — 1 1 — — 59 — — 1 1 2 2 69(a) (b) — — — — 1 1 69(c) — — — — 2 1 70 — — — — 1 1 71 1 1 5 2 2 1 Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 Section: 1 4 3 — — 23 18 5(4) (a) — — 2 1 36 35 5(4) (b) 1 1 — — 13 11 6(9) — — — — 1 1 7(3) (a) — — 1 1 4 4 7(3) (b) — — 2 2 — — Control of Pollution Act 1974 Section: 3 7 4 4 2 50 30 16 — — 1 1 2 1 93 — — — — — — Source:
Home Office—Court Proceedings data.