Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 86414

Fly-tipping

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of illegal waste dumping have been recorded in the last (a) five years and (b) ten years in (i) Hexham constituency, (ii) Northumberland, (iii) Newcastle, (iv) the North

Answer

Mary Creagh
Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, here. This data isn't available at a constituency level and excludes the majority of privat...

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