Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 71817

Fly-tipping and Litter

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to use technology to apprehend (a) fly tippers and (b) other people dropping litter across the countryside.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Local authorities are usually best placed to respond to fly-tipping and littering problems in their area, and we encourage them to make good use of the enforcement powers at their disposal. We are conducting a review of their powers to seize and crush veh...

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