Question follow-through · 87457
Industrial Waste: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of permitted landfill capacity for industrial waste in the North East.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of permitted landfill capacity for industrial waste in the North East.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Environment Agency publishes data of landfill capacity on an annual basis which can be accessed here: Remaining Landfill Capacity - data.gov.uk
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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