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Mr. Leighton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there were for dropping litter in the last 12 months.
Mr. John Patten
In 1988, the latest year for which figures are available, there were 1,760 prosecutions for litter offences in England and Wales. Information on prosecutions in 1989 will not be available until autumn 1990.