Question follow-through · 50041
Fly-tipping: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase penalties for repeat fly tipping offences.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase penalties for repeat fly tipping offences.
7 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
We have committed to forcing fly-tippers to clean up the mess they have created. This will build on the sanctions already available which include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, seizing and crushing of vehicles and prosecution which can lead to a si...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Rights of Way
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Rights of Way
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Water Companies
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Water Companies
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Water Supply
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Water Authorities
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Foot and Mouth Disease: Import Controls
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