Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94673

Waste Disposal: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she intends to issue updated guidance to local councils on maintaining minimum service levels in waste operations during periods of industrial disruption.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra does not plan to update guidance to local councils on prioritising services in periods of disruption in waste operations. Defra’s current guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-collection-services-guidance-for-l...

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