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Landfill

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) complaints were made, (b) prosecutions were brought and (c) fines were levied against landfill site operators in each region for offences related to
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(i) odour, (ii) water pollution, (iii) air pollution and (iv) effect on human health in each year since 1997. [286362]

Dan Norris: Following is a table from the Environment Agency (EA) showing the number of (a) complaints made, (b) court cases brought, and (c) fines levied against landfill operators in each region for offences related to (i) odour, (ii) water pollution and (iii) air pollution in each year since 2001. The data provided show that from 2001 only as this is when the EA's National Incident Recording System came on line. Interrogating systems which hold information prior to 2001 would incur disproportionate cost.

The EA does not hold specific data relating to the effect of such offences on human health, but it is taken into account when determining the nature of the incident.

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Number of incidents
	Total number related to landfills	Air pollution-odour related	Air pollution-not odour related	Water pollution	Number of court cases	Total fines (£)
2001
Anglian	60	28	19	3	3	20,000
Midlands	71	48	14	5	3	3,000
North East	96	35	25	6	0	0
North West	762	332	378	9	2	13,000
Southern	75	42	26	7	6	38,000
South West	33	10	15	6	0	0
Thames	31	18	13	3	0	0
EA Wales	101	46	56	3	5	16,000
2002
Anglian	77	40	23	5	3	75,000
Midlands	124	51	27	10	1	1,250
North East	116	45	14	14	0	0
North West	445	369	82	10	3	31,000
Southern	75	50	16	4	1	8,500
South West	36	8	12	6	2	4,500
Thames	56	19	22	8	0	0
EA Wales	92	43	24	12	2	9,500
2003
Anglian	54	31	20	3	1	15,000
Midlands	104	57	28	5	5	12,500
North East	94	43	16	8	2	5,500
North West	155	93	45	6	3	12,000
Southern	58	45	20	5	1	6,000
South West	25	2	3	5	0	0
Thames	51	27	20	2	0	0
EA Wales	49	22	13	4	2	12,000
2004
Anglian	85	34	26	2	0	0
Midlands	103	40	42	10	5	42,000
North East	121	40	35	13	1	2,000
North West	109	64	47	4	2	20,000
Southern	62	45	9	2	1	30,000
South West	45	18	9	9	4	17,000
Thames	67	48	36	1	1	10,000
EA Wales	41	21	13	7	1	250
2005
Anglian	76	44	20	3	0	0
Midlands	57	20	26	10	2	42,000
North East	93	46	32	4	3	2,000
North West	78	51	22	5	2	8,000
Southern	28	19	16	1	1	10,000
South West	22	15	6	1	0	0
Thames	42	32	27	3	0	0
EA Wales	50	25	16	11	3	12,500
2006
Anglian	73	47	20	4	2	47,500
Midlands	43	12	18	7	1	4,000
North East	41	13	9	3	4	28,800
North West	41	23	14	0	0	0
Southern	13	5	4	0	4	12,500
South West	45	15	8	9	1	35,000
Thames	37	13	6	7	1	0
EA Wales	53	29	16	9	3	6,000
2007
Anglian	60	32	13	8	11	41,000
Midlands	51	24	21	8	0	0
North East	72	28	25	5	3	22,000
North West	28	18	10	4	0	0
Southern	33	30	15	2	0	0
South West	63	37	31	4	3	42,000
Thames	36	18	14	5	9	38,249
EA Wales	84	52	44	6	2	15,500
2008
Anglian	51	32	8	4	2	13,000
Midlands	51	24	18	5	1	16,000
North East	117	73	46	8	4	4,000
North West	17	10	6	2	0	0
Southern	66	27	13	4	2	7,400
South West	41	34	17	4	5	92,875
Thames	39	31	12	3	1	20,000
EA Wales	153	131	67	5	0	0

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