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Fly Tipping

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were charged with 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)

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.

NumberNumber

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

NumberNumber

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of illegal dumping were recorded in each local authority area in each of the last six years; and how much was spent by each local authority in cleaning up illegal dumping over the same period. (129577)

Incidents of illegal dumping investigated by Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) are set out for each district council area in the following table. Records on the clean-up costs of illegal dumping are not held either by district councils or EHS.

Total number

Council

2004

2005

2006

Antrim

76

60

65

Ards

93

92

99

Armargh

124

74

65

Ballymena

23

32

64

Ballymoney

13

18

8

Banbridge

24

42

41

Belfast

83

58

67

Carrickfergus

7

10

26

Castlereagh

7

24

31

Coleraine

21

29

33

Cookstown

22

44

45

Craigavon

50

83

106

Derry City

61

34

43

Down

124

75

98

Dungannon

68

76

93

Fermanagh

66

51

91

Larne

29

24

31

Limavady

18

46

36

Lisburn

66

96

68

Magherafelt

33

30

39

Moyle

14

19

26

Newry Mourne

62

90

72

Newtownabbey

50

50

51

North Down

16

34

16

Omagh

51

57

58

Strabane

25

80

39

Totals

1226

1328

1411