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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints about noise caused by explosions at Shoeburyness were received in each of the last 20 years from residents living in (a) Maldon District, (b) Chelmsford Borough, (c) Rochford District, (d) Colchester Borough, (e) Tendriny District, (f) Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority, (g) Castlepoint District and (h) Kent. [128088] Mr. Caplin: Complaints were not recorded before 1990. Between 1990 and 1994, complaints were divided into three broad geographical areas the first covering the immediate locality, the second North Essex and the third Kent. Since 1995, complaints have been recorded for the areas listed. The numbers of complaints from 1990 about noise from the range arising from demolitions, explosions and gunfire are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Ref A B C D E F G (c,f,g) (a,b,d,e) H District Maldon Chelmsfor Rochford Colcheste Tendring Southend Castlepoi Local North Kent Totals d r nt Essex 1990 21 27 25 73 1991 21 23 3 47 1992 58 88 77 223 1993 124 194 102 420 1994 32 555 325 912 1995 56 5 60 12 107 33 2 360 635 1996 91 2 48 44 206 109 1 155 656 1997 23 0 45 5 79 30 6 91 279 1998 49 0 31 20 129 65 5 335 634 1999 58 1 86 23 222 52 10 543 995 2000 48 0 48 38 322 48 1 333 838 2001 51 0 74 22 239 35 3 477 901 2002 50 0 16 14 154 25 0 217 476 2003 to 9 2 2 12 104 0 0 30 159 date _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

410 c48W; 128088

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Complaints Army Colchester Essex Kent Noise Castle Point Firing ranges Explosions Chelmsford Southend on Sea Shoeburyness South East Tendring Rochford Maldon

Contains statistics

Yes

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