Question follow-through · 84466

Waste Disposal: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the digital waste tracking service to tackle waste crime.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the digital waste tracking service to tackle waste crime.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Waste handled illegally and poor performing waste sites can damage the environment, blight local communities, for example by causing odour and pest issues, undermine legitimate businesses, and is estimated to cost the UK economy one billion pounds per yea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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