Pollution (Landfill) (Hansard, 30 October 2003)

HC Deb 30 October 2003 vol 412 c382W 382W

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the number of incidences of pollution from landfill sites in each of the last five years; and how many(a) fines and (b) prosecutions have resulted. [131905]

§ Mr. Morley
Information on the number of incidences of pollution from landfill sites is available only from 2000 onwards.
The details are as follows:

In 2000 there were 1,157 incidents;

In 2001 there were 2,018 incidents;

In 2002 there were 994 incidents; and

To date in 2003 there have been 448 incidents recorded.

Those incidents have resulted in fines totalling £239,500 from 23 successful prosecutions. It should be noted that each prosecution could be for more than one offence.