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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)
The Environment Agency is the primary agency in England and Wales that prosecutes environmental offences. Information on offences prosecuted by the Environment Agency in 2002 is listed in tabular form below, broken down into the eight regions of England and Wales for which the agency has responsibility, and into the top 10 fines for each region. Prosecution details for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and those for offences not prosecuted by the Environment Agency in England and Wales, are not held centrally.
During 2002, there were 357 prosecutions brought against companies by the Environment Agency: 8.55 offences were successfully prosecuted, which led to fines totalling £3,120,423. The average fine per offence was £3,649.62 and the average fine per prosecution was £8,740.68.
The figure of 357 prosecutions includes those where companies were prosecuted on more than one occasion during the year, for example United Utilities Water plc, or for more than one offence.
The top 10 fines in each agency region are shown in tabular form below.
| Thames Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Thames Water Utilities Limited |
Water Quality |
£155,000.00 |
| BP Oil (UK) Limited |
Water Quality |
£60,000.00 |
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| Thames Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence (s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Totalfinaelf UK Limited |
Water Quality |
£54,000.00 |
| S H Pratt and Company (Bananas) Limited |
Waste |
£53,000.00 |
| S Grundon (Ewelme) Limited |
Water Quality |
£50,000.00 |
| English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Limited |
Water Quality |
£24,000.00 |
| Budgens Stores Limited |
Water Quality |
£16,000.00 |
| Honda Trading Europe Limited |
Water Quality |
£12,000.00 |
| Nippon 2000 Spares and Tyres Company Limited |
Water Quality |
£12,000.00 |
| BP Mitchell Haulage Contractors Limited |
Waste |
£10,000.00 |
| Yoplait Dairy Crest Limited |
Water Quality |
£10,000.00 |
| Anglian Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Anglian Water Services Limited |
Water Quality |
£270,000.00 |
| Shanks Waste Services Limited |
Waste |
£87,000.00 |
| Greenvale Foods Limited |
Water Quality |
£49,000.00 |
| Banham Poultry Limited |
Water Quality |
£24,000.00 |
| Jackson Building Centres Limited |
Waste |
£22,500.00 |
| Welding Alloys Limited |
Waste |
£15,000.00 |
| James A Gooding Limited |
Water Quality |
£15,000.00 |
| Junckers Limited |
Waste |
£13,500.00 |
| Middlebrook Mushrooms Limited |
Water Quality |
£12,000.00 |
| Easco Limited |
Waste |
£10,000.00 |
| Welsh Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence (s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Kronospan Limited |
Water Resources |
£65,000.00 |
| Dwr Cymru Cyf |
Water Quality |
£24,000.00 |
| F & R Dunlop Services Limited |
Waste |
£13,000.00 |
| T Richard Jones (Betws) Limited |
Waste |
£8,500.00 |
| Amgen Rhondaa Limited |
Water Quality |
£8,000.00 |
| Macob Limited |
Water Quality |
£8,000.00 |
| Global Foods Limited |
Waste |
£8,000.00 |
| Konica Business Machines (UK) Limited |
Waste |
£8,000.00 |
| Rockfon Limited |
Waste |
£5,250.00 |
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| Welsh Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence (s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| South Wales Mineral Recycling Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| Allied Carpet Group plc |
Water Quality |
£5,000.00 |
| Hogan (Construction) Ltd |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| Knolton Farmhouse Cheese Ltd |
Water Quality |
£5,000.00 |
| Midlands Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Midland Waste Management Limited |
Waste |
£54,000.00 |
| Lear Corporation (Nottingham) Limited |
Waste |
£40,000.00 |
| Lear Corporation UK Interior Systems Limited |
Waste |
£40,000.00 |
| Torgam Developments Limited |
Waste |
£30,000.00 |
| Europackaging plc |
Waste |
£25,000.00 |
| Computer 2000 Distribution Limited |
Waste |
£25,000.00 |
| R Calder Skip Hire (Kidderminster) Limited |
Waste |
£20,200.00 |
| B&D Electroplaters Limited |
Water Quality |
£20,000.00 |
| Lear Corporation (UK) Limited |
Waste |
£16,000.00 |
| Bowood Event Hire Limited |
Water Quality |
£13,500.00 |
| North East Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence (s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Cheepa Skips UK Limited |
Waste |
£25,000.00 |
| Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) Limited |
Water Quality |
£23.000.00 |
| Yorkshire Water Services Limited |
Water Quality |
£22,000.00 |
| E Harper (York) Limited |
Water Quality |
£15,000.00 |
| Hedon Salads Limited |
Waste |
£15,000.00 |
| Leo Sawrij Limited |
Waste |
£10,500.00 |
| Peter Ward Homes Limited |
Waste |
£7,000.00 |
| Tillertech Limited |
Water Quality |
£7,000.00 |
| J N Bentley Limited |
Water Quality |
£6,000.00 |
| Contract Heat & Power Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| Russell Construction (York) Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| MKM Building Supplies Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| Tay Homes plc |
Water Quality |
£5,000.00 |
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| North West Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| United Utilities Water plc |
Water Quality |
£327,500.00 |
| Stationery Box Limited |
Waste |
£25,000.00 |
| Onyx Highmoor Limited |
Waste |
£21,000.00 |
| 3C Waste Limited |
Waste |
£17,000.00 |
| Bernstein Group plc |
Waste |
£16,000.00 |
| P W Greenhalgh & Company Limited |
IPC |
£15,000.00 |
| Sita (Lancashire) Limited |
Waste |
£14,000.00 |
| Paul Hartmann Limited |
Waste |
£11,500.00 |
| Bomacks Contractors Limited |
Waste |
£10,800.00 |
| Interbrew UK Limited |
Water Quality |
£10,000.00 |
| B Dugdale & Son Limited |
Water Quality |
£10,000.00 |
| Southern Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Albury Construction Limited |
Water Quality |
£40.000.00 |
| A & J Bull (Southern) Limited |
Waste |
£31,000.00 |
| Southern Water Services Limited |
Water Quality |
£21,000.00 |
| Skipaway Limited |
Waste |
£20,000.00 |
| St. James Haulage Limited |
Waste |
£12,500.00 |
| CPS Group Limited |
Waste |
£10,000.00 |
| Biffa Waste Services Limited |
Waste |
£8,500.00 |
| Thames Water Utilities Limited |
Water Quality |
£5,000.00 |
| R.H. Thompson & Company Limited |
Waste |
£4,500.00 |
| Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited |
Water Quality |
£3,500.00 |
| South West Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Faccenda Group (South) Limited |
Water Quality |
£75,000.00 |
| South West Water Limited |
Water Quality |
£45,000.00 |
| Hills Mineral & Waste Limited |
Waste |
£20,000.00 |
| Wessex Water Services Limited |
Water Quality |
£18,000.00 |
| Lawson Demolition & Crushing Limited |
Waste |
£13,025.00 |
| Consilium Construction Limited |
Waste |
£13,000.00 |
| Tesco Stores Limited |
Water Quality |
£10,000.00 |
| Biffa Waste Services Limited |
Waste |
£7,000.00 |
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| South West Region—Top 10 fines |
| Company Name |
Nature of Offence(s) |
Total Fines (£) |
| Bath Demolition and Crushing Company Limited |
Waste |
£5,250.00 |
| Valley Waste Management Limited |
Water Resources |
£5,000.00 |
| Bourne Leisure Limited |
Water Resources |
£5,000.00 |
| Converters (European) Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| T J Brent Limited |
Waste |
£5,000.00 |
| Hall & Woodhouse Limited |
Water Quality |
£5,000.00 |