Question follow-through · 73914
Waste: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of waste crime on (a) England, (b) Norfolk and (c) South West Norfolk constituency in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of waste crime on (a) England, (b) Norfolk and (c) South West Norfolk constituency in the last five years.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
It is estimated that waste crime costs the English economy about £1 billion per year and that 20% of waste in England, or 38 million tonnes per year is handled illegally. We do not have a further breakdown of these figures at county or constituency level.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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