Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement action the Environment Agency will take to prevent environmental contamination from Trenchard Scrapyard in Four Marks, Hampshire.

The Environment Agency does not take enforcement action to prevent contamination. The Environment Agency takes enforcement action in response to significant contamination where there is evidence it has occurred and who is responsible for it. The Environment Agency does not have evidence that the current activities at the site are causing significant contamination.