I believe the quarter million was the total for a. Three year 8 month period. There is a surveillance programme running these days that's compulsary for public sector organisations. It has access to both bank and HMRC records, and seeks to identify anomalous patterns - thats how this case was identified.

Composting loos are not very common, 'Seperating' loos are much more so. We have one and I would not swap it for any other device now. We do our boating across the channel, facilities are few and far between although pump outs are becoming more common in marinas and some mooring sites. Thing is that we have a dog and being responsible dog owners the dog's poo goes in a bin. It wees on any handy bit of grass - so do many Frech men. I see little or no difference in doing the same for us. We do this daily or occasionally every 2 days and in the parched semi desert conditions of a French summer a few litres of urine in the hedge is probably appreciated by the shrubbery.