Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permit fees were paid to the Environment Agency in the financial year 2019-20.
In 2019/20 the Environment Agency (EA) issued approximately 80,000 permit or licence fee invoices.
In 2020/21 the EA issued approximately 78,000 permit or licence fee invoices.