Question follow-through · 35493

Fly-tipping and Litter: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to tackle (a) littering and (b) flytipping in Kent.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to tackle (a) littering and (b) flytipping in Kent.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Fly-tipping and littering blight communities and harm the environment. Local councils are usually best placed to assess the measures in place to address the local littering and fly-tipping problems in their area. No specific assessment of the effectivenes...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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