Question follow-through · 75164
Fly-tipping: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Natural England are taking to help tackle large-scale illegal waste dumping in ancient woodlands; and if he will review the adequacy of enforcemen
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Natural England are taking to help tackle large-scale illegal waste dumping in ancient woodlands; and if he will review the adequacy of enforcemen
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
In the first instance, landowners are responsible for the security and integrity of their property. The ownership of such woodland can often be complex and split across hundreds of individual parcels. The Environment Agency (EA) is the lead authority for ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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