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Question follow-through · 71817

Fly-tipping and Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to use technology to apprehend (a) fly tippers and (b) other people dropping litter across the countryside.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to use technology to apprehend (a) fly tippers and (b) other people dropping litter across the countryside.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are usually best placed to respond to fly-tipping and littering problems in their area, and we encourage them to make good use of the enforcement powers at their disposal. We are conducting a review of their powers to seize and crush veh...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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