(2) how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in Sheffield for fly-tipping in each year since 2004; and how much has been recovered through related fines.
Flycapture, the national fly-tipping database, was set up in 2004 by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association to record the number of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities. Data are, therefore, only available from April 2004 onwards and are as follows:
2004-05 2005-06 Total number of incidents in Sheffield 170,570 161,907 Estimated clearance costs (£) 5,529,643 4,909,438 Number of prosecutions taken to court 1 0 Number of successful prosecutions 1 0
Data for 2006-07 are not yet available, but will be published in the summer.