Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88407

Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) illegal waste dumping and (b) fly-tipping on rural communities.

Answer

Mary Creagh
While no recent assessment has been made, we appreciate the difficulty that illegal waste dumping and fly-tipping poses to rural communities. We work with a wide range of parties through the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group, which involves the Enviro...

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