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Written question asked by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 24 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Waste Disposal: Fires

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fires were recorded at regulated and unregulated recycling or waste sites in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.

Answer

The table below summarises the number of incidents recorded by the Environment Agency as fires at waste management premises for 2013 and 2014. The figures include all incidents ranging from serious impact to no impact.

Type of waste management site

2013

2014

Regulated

225

249

Unregulated

51

62

Total

276

311

The figures differ from those provided in response to a parliamentary question on 12 February last year. The response to that question stated that there were a total of 295 fires at both regulated and unregulated waste management sites in 2013. The difference is due to some duplication of incident reporting in the previous answer.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228494
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Fires Recycling Waste disposal
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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