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East of England flycapture d ata for 2005-06
East of England borough	Total number of incidents	Estimated clearance costs recorded (£)	Number of prosecutions taken to court	Number of successful prosecutions
Babergh district council	342	16,827	1	1
Basildon district council	8,586	417,754	1	1
Bedford borough council	2,266	113,219	1	1
Braintree district council	2,184	125,612	0	0
Breckland district council	1,716	67,911	0	0
Brentwood borough council	388	35,103	1	1
Broadland district council	565	29,723	2	2
Broxbourne borough council	2,641	139,969	16	15
Cambridge City Council	1,321	87,757	0	0
Castle Point borough council	544	22,552	0	0
Chelmsford borough council	517	33,139	2	1
Colchester borough council	141	5,206	0	0
Dacorum borough council	270	34,472	0	0
East Cambridgeshire district council	651	28,421	0	0
East Hertfordshire district council	734	35,116	1	1
Epping Forest district council	2,492	89,893	0	0
Fenland district council	1,808	77,314	0	0
Forest Heath district council	486	27,468	0	0
Great Yarmouth borough council	2,543	221,944	2	2
Harlow district council	2,220	131,731	0	0
Hertsmere borough council	259	35,399	0	0
Huntingdonshire district council	588	32265	0	0
Ipswich borough council	376	19,168	6	6
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk borough council	2,035	115,030	0	0
Luton borough council	2,523	134,181	4	4
Maldon district council	576	23,753	0	0
Mid Beds district council	921	73,020	0	0
Mid Suffolk district council	41	2,061	0	0
North Hertfordshire district council	755	34,120	0	0
North Norfolk district council	231	13,477	1	1
Norwich city council	7,086	270,688	1	1
Peterborough city council	7,125	411,121	0	0
Rochford district council	419	21,317	0	0
South Bedfordshire district council	750	82,387	0	0
South Cambridgeshire district council	485	28,542	2	2
South Norfolk district council	920	59,683	0	0
Southend-on-Sea borough council	1,591	75,841	0	0
St. Albans City Council	850	34,100	0	0
St. Edmundsbury borough council	598	30,264	1	1
Stevenage borough council	3,454	146,175	0	0
Suffolk Coastal district council	388	14,084	0	0
Tendring district council	523	22,790	0	0
Three Rivers district council	560	31,712	0	0
Thurrock borough council	1,320	82,922	5	5
Uttlesford district council	240	10,268	0	0
Watford borough council	947	25,984	1	1
Waveney district council	962	61,539	0	0
Welwyn Hatfield district council	2,874	249,887	0	0
Total	71,812	3,882,910	48	46

Fly-tipping

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate the Environment Agency has made of the (a) number of incidents and (b) tonnage of fly-tipping and illegal dumping in England in each of the last three years. [143491]

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Mr. Bradshaw: Flycapture, the national database of fly-tipping incidents, was set up in 2004 by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association, to record fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities.

Flycapture data show that, in England, 926,534 incidents were reported in the period from April 2004 to March 2005. There were 2,509,976 incidents reported from April 2005 to March 2006.

A possible reason for the rise in fly-tipping offences recorded by Flycapture in its second year may simply be due to better reporting and a rise in the number of local authorities in England submitting regular returns. This number rose significantly, from 79.5 per cent. in April 2004 when the database was first launched, to 92 per cent. in 2005-06. Over time, the database will help us build up a more accurate picture of illegally dumped waste, as well as providing a useful management tool for local authorities in tackling the problem.

Data for 2006-07 are not yet available but will be published this summer. Flycapture does not record fly-tipping tonnages.

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