Written Question·Treasury·UIN 89617

Quarrying: Landfill Tax

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the quarry exemption and lower rate of Landfill Tax on the number of (a) operating quarries in England and (b) people employed in the aggregates secto

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The government recently consulted on proposals to reform LandfillTax following a call for evidence in 2021 under the previous government, to ensure the regime remains effective in encouraging waste to be diverted away from landfill and to support the gove...

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