To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002. (261192)

The following table indicates the number of successful prosecutions undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution incidents in Hertfordshire.

This information was taken from the National Enforcement Database which is the main recording system for data on enforcement actions carried out by the Environment Agency. The database does not provide information regarding offences in individual boroughs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints have been received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002. (261194)

The following table shows the number of complaints received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution incidents in Hertfordshire and Dacorum.

The Environment Agency may receive multiple complaints about one incident.

Records of complaints received by the Environment Agency which prove to unjustified are only retained for two years.