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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of dry weather spill levels from sewage overflows on the River Loddon; and whether the Environment Agency will publish river-specific dry weather spill data for chalk streams such as the Loddon.

Water companies report dry day spill data monthly in arrears to the Environment Agency following analysis of detailed storm overflow and rainfall data. The Environment Agency publishes annual Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow data.

Potential permit breaches are investigated according to environmental risk. Enforcement action is taken for significant non-compliance.