{"value":{"id":1753696,"askingMemberId":5257,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","uin":"22829","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of noise regulation enforcement in residential areas.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4645,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Local authorities are responsible for investigating noise brought to their attention under Section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act, 1990. If they agree that a statutory nuisance is happening, has happened or will happen in the future, councils must serve an abatement notice.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of noise regulation enforcement in residential areas.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Noise: Nuisance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753696","method":"GET"}]}