Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 126940

Fly-tipping and Landfill Tax

Tabled: 13 April 2026

Answered: 16 April 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping; and whether she has made a comparative assessment of (a) revenue generated from lan

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government does not have a legal duty to clear illegally dumped waste and is not funded to do so. The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping, neither has it made a comparative assessmen...

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