The following table shows the total number of inspections of industrial and waste sites carried out in each Environment Agency region in each year since 1997. Environment Agency records do not provide an office by office breakdown. Inspections include visits and audits for processes regulated under six regimes: Integrated Pollution Control, Pollution Prevention and Control, Waste management licensing, Environmental Permitting Regulation, Special (Hazardous) Waste, and Waste Producers.
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 Total Anglian 18,523 20,947 17,496 16,540 15,001 13,557 15,379 14,060 11,144 6,758 6,386 5,847 161,638 Midlands 25,827 24,692 21,492 19,636 18,050 14,823 16,687 16,466 11,236 8,722 8,607 8,759 194,997 North East 25,017 27,971 25,922 23,320 19,714 19,605 18,832 17,225 10,413 7,749 6,545 4,931 207,244 North West 21,688 21,858 19,270 18,531 15,158 12,962 13,997 13,352 10,325 7,593 6,732 4,914 166,380 Southern 11,965 13,488 12,568 12,632 10,130 8,134 8,911 8,109 6,189 4,480 4,546 3,255 104,407 South West 15,958 16,734 14,104 13,283 10,837 10,352 11,282 10,752 8,316 5,677 4,618 3,559 125,472 Thames 19,642 19,799 15,117 14,246 13,386 12,679 11,958 11,917 8,647 6,445 7,386 5,701 146,923 EA Wales 8,835 9,790 9,009 7,957 7,445 6,893 8,285 7,201 4,435 4,056 3,923 3,178 81,007 Total 147,455 155,279 134,978 126,145 109,721 99,005 105,331 99,082 70,706 51,480 48,743 40,144 1,188,069