Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90541

Fly-tipping: Somerset

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support a reduction of incidents of fly-tipping in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) South Somerset.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Local councils are responsible for tackling fly-tipping in their area and have a range of enforcement powers to help them do so. These include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, seizing and crushing of vehicles and prosecution action. We encourage coun...

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