§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for abandoning a motor vehicle there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. [89407]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthCourt proceedings information held centrally on the offence of dumping, under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, cannot separately identify the dumping of motor vehicles from the dumping of anything other than a motor vehicle.
Information is not collected by London borough. Available data are therefore given in the table for the Metropolitan Police area.
Number of proceedings and total findings of guilt for the offence of unauthorised dumping1within the Metropolitan Police area, 1998–2001 Number of offences Total proceedings Total findings of guilt 1998 11 8 1999 42 32 2000 30 29 2001 18 17 1An offence under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 section 2 (covers motor vehicles and other). Note:
1997 data not available