Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 21 January 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many convictions there have been for pollution of waterways in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
During the last 12 months, 82 convictions were secured for water pollution offences.
Further information on enforcement and prosecution is available on the Environment and Heritage Service website at: http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/pubs/publications/Water Pollution Incidents 2001.pdf
The Water Pollution Incident and Prosecution Statistics Report for 2002 will be available shortly and will be placed in the Library.
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