Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 65780

Waste: Crime

Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 16 July 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of levels of penalties for waste crime.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Legislation relating to waste crime such as fly-tipping and illegal waste sites allows for an unlimited fine and up to five years imprisonment. We are making the regulations for the transport and management of waste tougher so that those who break the new...
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