Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99053

Housing: Recycling

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on maintaining continuity of household recycling services in the event of (a) contractor disputes and (b) contract terminatio

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has published guidance for local authorities on prioritising services in periods of disruption in waste operations which can be found here.