Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82607

Pollution: Environment Agency

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of pollution incidents did the Environment Agency attend in each of the last three years.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) responds to approximately 15,000 environmental incidents every year. Environmental incidents include environment management (pollution), waterways, fisheries, and water resources incidents. For each reported incident they asses...

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