Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 55532
Waste Disposal: Prosecutions
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought against waste operators in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire since July 2024; and how many resulted in custodial sentences.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Environment Agency (EA) has brought prosecutions against six waste operators in Lancashire since July 2024. In one of these cases, illegal activity at a site in Fylde was part of the case. None of these prosecutions resulted in custodial sentences. Th...
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