Written questions

Sewage: Lancashire

Commons · Question 85968 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

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.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Nov 2025

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.