§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints concerning light pollution were received by each local authority in England in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [187574]
§ Alun MichaelData on complaints about light pollution are not collected by central Government.
The Government are consulting through the Clean Neighbourhoods consultation on proposals to broaden the scope of the statutory nuisance regime in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to include artificial light. To be a statutory nuisance, it would have to be emitted from premises and be prejudicial to health or a nuisance. The closing date for responses to the consultation is 24 September 2004.