Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57069

Waste: Crime

Tabled: 3 June 2025

Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of reports of waste crime in the East of England in the last two years.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Environment Agency (EA) recently published new heatmaps showing the densest areas of waste crime reports in England. Through our Plan for Change, this Government will crack down on the waste cowboys, seize and crush fly-tippers’ vans, and clean up Bri...

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