Corporate report: Pollution incidents: evidence summaries
These reports are for 2013 to 2015. Pollution incidents data for 2016 is included in the 2016 Regulating for people, the environment and growth summary.
These annual reports show serious pollution incidents in England. They provide facts and statistics about:
- the number of serious pollution incidents
- impacts of pollution incidents and their sources
- sectors responsible
- action the Environment Agency takes to reduce pollution incidents
- enforcement action the Environment Agency takes when pollution incidents happen
Serious pollution incidents can harm people and the environment as well as damage businesses. To cause or allow pollution is against the law. The Environment Agency provides advice and guidance on pollution prevention and also takes enforcement action if a pollution incident happens.
See the 2015 datasets that support the 2015 report.