Question follow-through · 37328
Fly-tipping and Litter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to education people on the potential impact of (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping on local communities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to education people on the potential impact of (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping on local communities.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2025
Answer published
Littering and fly-tipping are crimes which blight our communities and harm the environment. Defra chairs the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group which aims to develop and disseminate various practical tools on tackling fly-tipping. These include a guide...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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