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Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a local authority league table for incidences of fly-tipping.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a local authority league table for incidences of fly-tipping.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    This Government has not made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a local authority league table for incidences of fly-tipping. Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and actions to Defra, which are publis...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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