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Fly Tipping

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were charged with
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dumping offences in each local authority area in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years; and what penalty was imposed in each case. [129556]

David Cairns: The Environment and Heritage Service took over responsibility for waste management from the district councils in December 2003. Information is not available prior to that date. Details on convictions, acquittals and associated fines for each district council area from late 2003 to date are set out in the following tables.

	Number				Number
Council	Convicted	Acquitted	Total 2003	Total fines (£)	Convicted	Acquitted	Total 2004	Total fines (£)
Antrim	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	100
Ards	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Armagh	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ballymena	2	—	2	225	1	—	1	150
Ballymoney	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Banbridge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Belfast	—	—	—	—	8	—	8	1,225
Carrickfergus	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Castlereagh	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coleraine	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	400
Cookstown	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	500
Craigavon	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Derry	1	—	1	120	1	—	1	50
Down	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	5,450
Dungannon	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	100
Fermanagh	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Larne	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	2,425
Limavady	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lisburn	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Magherafelt	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1,500
Moyle	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Newry Mourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Newtownabbey	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	4,000
North Down	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Omagh	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	300
Strabane	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	3,000
Totals	—	—	3	345	—	—	25	19,200

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	Number				Number
Council	Convicted	Acquitted	Total 2005	Total fines (£)	Convicted	Acquitted	Total 2006	Total fines ( £)
Antrim	4	—	4	4,850	9	—	9	9,750
Ards	1	—	1	450	8	2	10	21,300
Armagh	3	—	3	1,200	—	—	—	—
Ballymena	2	—	2	1,800	2	—	2	500
Ballymoney	7	—	7	4,250	12	—	12	6,450
Banbridge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Belfast	5	—	5	30,000	8	—	8	7,900
Carrickfergus	1	—	1	1,400	—	—	—	—
Castlereagh	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	13,000
Coleraine	3	—	3	1,800	15	1	16	14,800
Cookstown	1	—	1	250	4	—	4	6,500
Craigavon	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	2,950
Derry	3	—	3	17,000	5	—	5	7,450
Down	2	—	2	1,100	—	—	—	—
Dungannon	5	—	5	2,650	4	7	11	13,850
Fermanagh	1	—	1	1,000	3	—	3	3,500
Larne	1	—	1	300	1	—	1	12,500
Limavady	3	—	3	5,620	5	—	5	4,600
Lisburn	7	—	7	7,850	7	—	7	10,500
Magherafelt	3	—	3	14,600	3	—	3	0
Moyle	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	3,500
Newry Mourne	3	—	3	1,600	2	—	2	1,400
Newtownabbey	1	—	1	4,500	1	—	1	0
North Down	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1,000
Omagh	1	—	1	100	7	1	8	5,700
Strabane	3	—	3	6,850	7	—	7	11,000
Totals	—	—	60	109,170	—	—	123	158,150

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