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Polluters (Prosecutions)

Volume 202: debated on Tuesday 28 January 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many prosecutions have been brought by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution on polluting companies since the passage of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and what individual fines were levied in each year.

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 received Royal Assent on 1 November 1990. Since then, six prosecutions have been concluded by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, all successfully. The fines were as follows:

£300with£700costs
£300with£2,100costs
£500with£4,061costs
£800with£6,502costs
£3,000with£1,395costs
£7,500with£6,140costs