HC Deb 17 June 2003 vol 407 cc192-4W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions of companies there have been for failing to register under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions for each month since January 1999. [117537]

Mr. Morley

Figures for prosecution of companies since January 1999 are as follows:

Prosecutions
1999
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 0
May 1
Prosecutions
June 1
July 0
August 0
September 1
October 2
November 1
December 0
Total 6
2000
January 0
February 4
March 1
April 2
May 3
June 2
July 5
August 3
September 3
October 2
November 4
December 2
Total 31
2007
January 3
February 1
March 3
April 2
May 3
June 4
July 5
August 3
September 8
October 5
November 5
December 7
Total 49
2002
January 1
February 4
March 5
April 5
May 6
June 4
July 8
August 3
September 6
October 8
November 5
December 2
Total 57
2003
January 0
February 3
March 0
April 0
May 0
June 0
July —
August —
September —
October —
November —
December —
Total 3

All prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency of England and Wales with the exception of one in February 2003 that was carried out by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). The Environmental Heritage Service (EHS) of Northern Ireland have no recorded prosecutions.

Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many companies have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions in each month since January 1999. [117538]

Mr. Morley

Figures for companies who have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery provisions are not available by month. Under the packaging Regulations, the deadline for registration is 7 April each year.

However, numbers of companies registered each year since January 1999 are as follows:

  • 1999–4,250
  • 2000–5,771
  • 2001–6,060
  • 2002–6,268
  • 2003–6,222 (provisional figure)

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