Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions resulted in (a) convictions and (b) custodial sentences in each year since 1999 for offences related to (i) water resources (ii) flood defences, (iii) fisheries, (iv) navigation, (v) process industry regulation, (vi) radioactive substances, (vii) waste and (viii) water quality as recorded in the National Enforcement Database; and what the average fines were where custodial sentences were awarded (A) in total and (B) broken down by region. - Inc table of 1999-2004 successful prosecutions.

Answer: Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions resulted in (a) convictions and (b) custodial sentences in each year since 1999 for offences related to (i) water resources (ii) flood defences, (iii) fisheries, (iv) navigation, (v) process industry regulation, (vi) radioactive substances, (vii) waste and (viii) water quality as recorded in the National Enforcement Database; and what the average fines were where custodial sentences were awarded (A) in total and (B) broken down by region. [192317] Alun Michael: The information available is given in the following table. Environment Agency Successful Prosecutions, Calendar Years 1999-2004 Date of report: 17 November 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 (April to 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (January to December) October) Fisheries 0 27 22 48 34 28 Flood defence 2 1 2 1 5 9 Navigation 3 6 3 15 32 20 PIR 6 12 7 3 5 1 RAS 3 3 11 1 3 2 Water quality 177 219 234 220 167 154 Water Resources 6 21 10 11 6 15 Waste 246 408 471 498 406 374 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c2016W;426 c2022W; 192317
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Crime Convictions Environment Fines Environment Agency Prosecutions Sentencing
Contains statistics: Yes
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