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Indicator: Enforcement of regulations T6
Major and significant water pollution incidents and prosecutions: 1993 to 2002  
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Change since
dots 1970
tick 1990
tick 1997

Coverage: England and Wales 

Source: Environment Agency

Noise complaints and prosecutions: 1976 to 2001-2
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Change since
cross 1970
cross 1990
cross 1997-8

Coverage: England and Wales 

Source: CIEH

Wildlife crime: 1990 to 2002  
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Note: [1] Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)
Change since
dots 1970
tick 1990
tick 1998

Coverage: United Kingdom 

Source: HM Customs and Excise

Objective: Where new regulation is used it will conform to the government's principles of better regulation and be enforced effectively

Water

  • Between 1997 and 2002, the number of major and significant water pollution incidents almost halved while the number of prosecutions more than trebled.
  • The proportion of incidents that led to prosecutions increased from 4 per cent in 1993 to 27 per cent in 2002

Noise

  • Complaints about noise rose by 46 per cent between 1997-8 and 2001-2.
  • The number of confirmed nuisances increased by 9 per cent and, of those, the number of prosecutions increased by 38 per cent and the number of abatement notices increased by 45 per cent.

Wildlife

  • Between 1998 and 2002, the number of cases of seizures under CITES increased by 8 per cent.
  • In 2002, the number of bird-related incidents and prosecutions were 20 per cent and 35 per cent lower than their respective 1998 levels

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