Question follow-through · 85968
Sewage: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of untreated sewage discharge into coastal waters in Lancashire were reported in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of untreated sewage discharge into coastal waters in Lancashire were reported in each of the last five years.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
Analysis of Event Duration Monitoring summary spill data is publicly available on GOV.UK. The EA routinely monitors this data to assess compliance with permits, and where non-compliances are identified the EA takes appropriate enforcement action.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fly-tipping
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