HC Deb 02 July 2001 vol 371 c46W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what enforcement actions were taken by the Environment Agency against those sites with significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses in England and Wales which breached those consent levels in(a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000; [945]

(2) what the level of compliance was with significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses held by industry in England and Wales in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000; [944]

(3) what percentage of significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses held by industry in England and Wales were monitored by the Environment Agency in (a)1998, (b)1999 and (c)2000; [942]

(4) what percentage of the significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses in England and Wales were reviewed by the Environment Agency in (a)1998, (b)1999 and (c)2000; [946]

(5) what percentage of significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses held by industry in England and Wales included permission to discharge red list substances in (a)1998, (b)1999 and (c)2000; [943]

(6) how many significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses were held by industry in England and Wales in (a)1998, (b)1999 and (c)2000. [941]

Mr. Meacher

The information that my hon. Friend has requested is not held centrally. I will therefore let him have this information as soon as it is available.