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Mr. Meacher
[holding answer 4 December 2001]In my answer of 2 July 2001,Official Report, column 46W, I informed my hon. Friend that the information he
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requested was not held centrally. I now have this information which I am pleased to make available to him. The following tables contain this information.
The total number of prosecutions for breaches of trade effluent discharge consents between 1 April 1999 and 31 July 2001 is 21, with total fines of £141,500. Unfortunately no information is available for 1998 as records only began in April 1999.
| Environment agency region/sector |
Total fines (£) |
| Anglian |
|
| None |
None |
| Midlands |
|
| None |
None |
| North East |
|
| Food Processing |
32,000 |
| Mining/quarries |
500 |
| Local authority |
1,500 |
| North West |
|
| Brewery |
9,500 |
| Board Manufacturer |
10,000 |
| Timber Merchants |
2,000 |
| Mining/quarries |
4,000 |
| Paper Manufacturers |
17,500 |
| Southern |
|
| Food Processing |
14,000 |
| Mining/quarries |
2,000 |
| Food Processing |
2,000 |
| South West |
|
| Textiles |
2,000 |
| Mining/quarries |
1,000 |
| Food Processing |
3,000 |
| Mining/quarries |
500 |
| Mining/quarries |
1— |
| Thames |
|
| Brewery |
align="right"9,000 |
| Wales |
|
| Water |
4,000 |
| Water |
2,000 |
| Water |
10,000 |
| Energy |
15,000 |
| 13 year conditional discharge |
| Percentage |
|
Compliance of discharge consents in force |
| Environment agency region |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Anglian |
73.5 |
74.3 |
78.6 |
| Midlands1 |
83.5 |
85.9 |
84.7 |
| North East |
85.9 |
86.5 |
83.8 |
| North West |
88.6 |
86.4 |
82.3 |
| Southern |
62.8 |
59.6 |
70.7 |
| South West |
49.2 |
61.3 |
61.9 |
| Thames |
87.0 |
84.2 |
86.5 |
| England |
80.1 |
81.5 |
79.5 |
| Wales |
77.3 |
52.2 |
71.8 |
| All regions |
79.6 |
78.3 |
78.5 |
| 1 Midlands Region data for 1998 and 1999 are for all trade discharges as it is not possible to breakdown this historic data to significant discharges only |
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Percentage of consents in force monitored |
| Environment agency region |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Anglian |
91.1 |
92.8 |
87.3 |
| Midlands |
82.5 |
72.8 |
66.6 |
| North East |
45.7 |
45.0 |
49.2 |
| North West |
73.5 |
58.5 |
61.6 |
| Southern |
77.7 |
77.3 |
56.0 |
| South West |
100.0 |
91.0 |
80.4 |
| Thames |
93.5 |
87.4 |
59.2 |
| England |
74.8 |
69.1 |
64.1 |
| Wales |
62.2 |
72.9 |
89.8 |
| All regions |
72.7 |
69.6 |
67.3 |
|
Percentage of trade discharge consents reviewed |
| Environment agency region |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Anglian |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Midlands |
5 |
6 |
19 |
| North East |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| North West |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| Southern |
9 |
17 |
9 |
| South West |
12 |
8 |
14 |
| Thames |
35 |
18 |
18 |
| England |
7 |
6 |
9 |
| Wales |
15 |
20 |
19 |
| All regions |
8 |
8> |
10 |
|
Percentage of discharge consents containing red list substances |
| Environment agency region |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Anglian |
7.0 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
| Midlands |
3.0 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
| North East |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
| North West |
3.9 |
2.8 |
0.7 |
| Southern |
12.2 |
16.3 |
9.9 |
| South West |
11.6 |
9.7 |
8.5 |
| Thames |
4.0 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
| England |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
| Wales |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| All regions |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
|
Number of industrial discharge consents in force |
| Environment agency region |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Anglian |
313 |
374 |
378 |
| Midlands |
1,186 |
1,329 |
680 |
| North East |
982 |
958 |
950 |
| North West |
559 |
675 |
586 |
| Southern |
188 |
141 |
232 |
| South West |
362 |
442 |
541 |
| Thames |
277 |
317 |
377 |
| England |
3,867 |
4,236 |
3,744 |
| Wales1 |
740 |
531 |
528 |
| All regions |
4,607 |
4,767 |
4,272 |
| 1 The figure for 2000 is an estimate, accurate data are unavailable |