Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 65782
Fly-tipping
Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 16 July 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to local authorities of clearing fly-tipped waste.
Answer
Mary CreaghAccording to Defra official statistics, in 2023/24, around 4% of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by local authorities in England were of ‘tipper lorry load’ size or larger. For these incidents, the cost of clearance to local authorities was £13.1 million...
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