Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 67894
Waste: Crime
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for waste crime offences in England and Wales.
Answer
Mary CreaghOf the additional £5.6 million allocated to the Environment Agency (EA) this year to tackle waste crime, £2 million has allowed the EA to recruit an additional 43 operational staff and achieve focus on enforcement. Prosecution is not always the most effec...
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