To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many individuals have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted for the illegal export of waste in each of the last five years; (289683)

Since 2004, the Environment Agency has had 18 successful prosecutions for illegal waste shipments. Four of these have been individuals and 14 have been companies. One company has been prosecuted twice in the space of two years. One individual was given a conditional discharge, the rest have received fines totalling £224,650.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which countries have been in receipt of illegally exported waste of each type from the UK in each year since 1997. (289685)

The Environment Agency has collected data on illegally exported waste from England and Wales since 2002. The countries that have been in receipt of illegally exported waste are as follows:

Containers of waste exported to Brazil in 2009 are the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Environment Agency.