Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94770

Industrial Waste: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 26 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of unlicensed dumping of commercial waste in England for each year from 2015 to date; and what steps she is taking to help tackle it.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents, including commercial waste, to Defra, which the department has published annually since 2012.  Data for the 2024/25 reporting year is still being collected. The Government has anno...

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