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1128063

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Beaches: Sewage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the leaking of sewage onto beaches at (1) Sunderland, and (2) Whitburn.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
	uin	HL15912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Continuous improvements have been made to the sewerage system in the area, with the latest being the completion of a scheme to reduce storm sewage discharges from the Whitburn long sea outfall in December 2017. This has reduced the frequency in discharges from the system by around 40% compared to the average from the old system.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

1522468

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Beaches: Sewage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of beach closures in England and Wales as a result of sewage pollution incidents in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	63293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Neither my Department nor the Environment Agency holds information on the number of beach closures due to sewage pollution in England.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have powers to restrict use and close beaches and are responsible for local beach management, including closures, in their respective areas.</p><p> </p><p>This policy area is devolved to the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/10/2022 16:48:23 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1522472

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Beaches: Sewage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of beach closures as a result of sewage pollution on coastal businesses in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	63297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department has not made such an assessment for England. This policy area is devolved to the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/10/2022 16:50:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon