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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies have been (a) given warnings because of breaches of environmental law and (b) prosecuted for such breaches in each of the last five years.

a) Warnings: The table below shows the total number of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency to companies in England for breaches of environmental law for the period since 2010.

Due to the high volume, as recorded in the above table, it would incur disproportionate cost to collate the names of the individual companies who received such warnings.

Records of any warning or warnings issued to the operator of a permitted site are held on the Environment Agency's public registers, which can be viewed at the relevant Environment Agency Area office. Alternatively, any individual may request information from the Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre on a particular site or sites by telephoning 03708 506 506 or emailing enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

b) Prosecutions: The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 760 companies in England over the last five full calendar years. A list of the companies, in each year, will be placed in the House Library.