Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99963

Waste: Crime

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fiscal steps she plans to take to cut levels of waste crime in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England.

Answer

Mary Creagh
In addition to driving forward the policy and regulatory reforms designed to close the loopholes being exploited by criminals, we are also increasing the resources available to the Environment Agency (EA). The EA’s total budget for 2025 to 2026 has increa...

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