HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 cc897-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in Buckinghamshire in the last five years; and what was the average level of fine imposed. [32181]

Mr. Meacher

Buckinghamshire is served by two Environment Agency regions, Anglian and Thames.

The Anglian region has successfully undertaken 13 prosecutions in the last five years and fines totalling £366,350 have been imposed averaging £28,180 per prosecution.

Since 1999, the Thames region have taken successful prosecutions on seven occasions and fines of £12,100 have been imposed averaging £1,871 per prosecution.

2 Figures for 1996–97 were not collected on the same basis as later years.

Information is not collected on a constituency basis.