§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions by local authorities there have been in each of the last three years under the Noise Act 1996. [32899]
§ Mr. MeacherThe information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Available figures for all prosecutions against noise offences are collected by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) but figures are not held 85W specifically for prosecutions under the Noise Act 1996. Figures for 2000–01 published by CIEH were announced by me on 20 December 2001. This information has been
Category of noise nuisance Industrial Commercial/leisure Domestic Construction/demolition sites Vehicles Equipment in the street 1998–99 Complaints received 11,393 21,493 114,245 6,543 3,764 2,762 Complaints per million population 444 836 4,330 248 146 107 Notices served1 313 549 3,479 442 252 54 Prosecutions1 12 18 168 22 12 3 Convictions1 10 14 156 8 0 3 1999–2000 Complaints received 12,738 28,661 155,860 8,829 4,686 3,384 Complaints per million population 421 960 5,149 292 156 113 Notices served1 336 1,000 5,142 547 537 90 Prosecutions1 6 45 349 8 0 2 Convictions1 2 42 304 8 0 2 2000–01 Complaints received 11,475 34,745 169,810 10,822 5,172 6,501 Complaints per million population 346 1,038 5,001 325 162 209 Notices served1 283 1,393 5,351 808 507 236 Prosecutions1 4 78 313 39 2 4 Convictions1 4 49 255 28 0 2 1 Figures grossed where incomplete.