Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57070

Waste: Prosecutions

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought for offences related to waste crime in the last five years.

Answer

Mary Creagh
In the five years up to March 2025 the EA has brought 341 prosecutions against companies and individuals for waste crime offences.