Question follow-through · 36955
Fly-tipping: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help tackle fly-tipping.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help tackle fly-tipping.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Fly-tipping is a serious crime which blights local communities and the environment. Local authorities have enforcement powers to help them tackle fly-tipping, including fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, and prosecution action which can lead to signifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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