Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement undertaking offers have been made to those who have polluted watercourses in England in each year since 2011.

The number of enforcement undertaking offers that have been made to the Environment Agency by those who have polluted watercourses in England since 2011 and the number of offers accepted are as follows;

The enforcement undertaking will be made to the Environment Agency and they make the decision on whether to accept or reject it. If an enforcement undertaking offer is considered unsuitable the Environment Agency will consider other forms of enforcement.